irrational
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In other words, he was dealing with a country just as bellicose and irrational as he is, and it had him in a funk.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
The market, said Greenspan, had exhibited "irrational exuberance".
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Only irrational or arbitrary practices with no plausible job-relatedness can create disparate-impact liability,” it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
To some, it was an example of terrible corporate governance and a sign of irrational market exuberance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even healthy people cried and said irrational things when their parents died.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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