irrationable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin irratiōnābilis, from ir- + ratiōnābilis.
Adjective
[edit]irrationable (comparative more irrationable, superlative most irrationable)
- Archaic form of irrational.
- (of an action or decision) Not rational.
- 1906, Report of the Minister of Agriculture for the Dominion of Canada, for the five months ended March 31, 1906, Department of Agriculture of Canada, page xxxvi:
- […] there may be considerable loss of nitrogen due to removal of crops and irrationable methods of farming, […]
- (of a person or thing) Not possessing rationality.
- 1860, Robert James Mann, A guide to the knowledge of life, vegetable and animal, revised and corrected edition, page 344:
- Operations that are perfected in the economies of the irrationable animals, […]
- (of an action or decision) Not rational.
Usage notes
[edit]- Not used in the mathematical sense of irrational.