unreasonable

unreasonable
adj.
VERBS
appear, be, seem, sound

She did not want to appear unreasonable.

become, get

His demands were becoming more and more unreasonable.

consider sth, deem sth, find sb/sth, hold sth (to be) (law), judge sth (law), regard sth as (esp. BrE), think sth

I find her a little unreasonable at times.

This clause in the contract was held unreasonable.

ADVERB
extremely, very
completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly
a little, slightly, etc.
apparently
PREPOSITION
about

He was totally unreasonable about it.

Unreasonable is used with these nouns: ↑demand, ↑expectation, ↑fear, ↑request, ↑risk

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