UNREASONABLY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

unreasonably

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as in unbearably

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Recent Examples of unreasonably The city will not unreasonably withhold lease extensions if the center meets its performance requirements. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 The Sherman Act is a federal law that prohibits certain agreements that unreasonably restrain trade. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026 The case accused school officials of unreasonably exposing McNair to the risk of heatstroke, failing to recognize the initial symptoms and inadequately providing medical care and treatment, thus worsening McNair’s condition. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The indiscriminate nature of the data collection, Garvie says, also raises concerns that the cameras violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from being searched unreasonably. — Meg Anderson, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit notes that without a full site plan, the city would not know how much water, power or electricity the data center would create, and that the city acted unreasonably in issuing a partial construction permit for an incomplete plan. — Ilana Arougheti updated August 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026 Ramirez-Romero is charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, operating under the influence, traveling unreasonably fast and failure to drive in the proper lane. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Though this is a potentially stronger claim, Johnson said Kohberger still faces an extremely high bar to prove his lawyer acted unreasonably. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 July 2026 The anti-Manuel faction believes, not unreasonably, that an AD with less staying power would have been ousted several scandals ago. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 18 July 2026

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Her inconsistencies raised alarms for police, as the closed barn loft would have been unbearably hot that day to have visited voluntarily, per American Heritage.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
During the 2014 Gaza War, that lesson became unbearably personal.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unbearably

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With the mayor unconscionably on the sidelines, the council should identify a few leaders — Finance Committee Chair Pat Dowell, 3rd, and former committee chair Scott Waguespack, 32nd, come to mind — to see if a deal with real benefits for the city can be struck in the next few weeks.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Cicero has been my nemesis in this book, for unconscionably grasping for elder power and offering up rationales for doing so repeated over the centuries.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of unconscionably

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Each character is obscenely wealthy and politically influential, and both have important totems that are meant to express an ineluctable truth about them.

— Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Some of his best work came from behind the Weekend Update desk, particularly as the always-opinionated Drunk Uncle, secondhand news guy Anthony Crispino, or the obscenely orange Snooki from Jersey Shore.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscenely

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That has become increasingly difficult as the level of scrutiny increases year-on-year, while standards of behaviour on and off the field inexcusably continue to fall.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026
After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025

Definition of inexcusably

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For a black artist like myself, forming and writing songs for a boy band is a form of code ditching, a way of seizing aesthetics and timbres that have been unduly withheld from my predecessors.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
The new process aims to prioritize scientific merit over unduly complicated engineering and financial planning during initial evaluations, and reduce selection timelines to encourage innovation.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of unduly

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There is also evidence that psychopathy evidence is being inappropriately relied on in death penalty cases.

— David DeMatteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
In November 2005, church volunteer Scott Preston Moore entered sleeping quarters at night and inappropriately touched two teenage boys.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inappropriately

Adverb

Gunn brought his signature blend of heart, humor, and needle drops, delivering an entertaining blockbuster that stood in clear contrast to the excessively dark DC films of the 2010s.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026
Beauty trends are constantly evolving, and this year clearly favors a more textured and luminous complexion—one that isn’t excessively shiny.

— Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026

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