Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

    an irrational decision

    irrational, irrationell, unvernünftig

    нерациона́льныйneracionálʹnyj, иррациона́льныйirracionálʹnyj

  2. (not comparable)Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

    The number π is irrational.

    irrational

    иррациона́льныйirracionálʹnyj

    real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers

Examples

54 sentences
  1. Tom is being irrational, isn't he?

  2. You're being completely irrational.

  3. Tom is being irrational.

  4. Am I being irrational?

  5. Tom is an irrational person.

    ruТом - иррациональный человек. — marafon

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unfounded or nonsensical:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unfounded or nonsensical:

Origin

From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis.

From Latin irratiōnālis, from ir- + ratiōnālis.

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Forms

more irrational, most irrational
Comparativemore irrational Lesson
Superlativemost irrational Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
irrational — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto