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
He is the author of “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind,” published in May, a cri de coeur against “maladaptively irrational altruism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The industry had gotten irrational with pricing,” she said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Despite the S&P 500 enjoying one of its sharpest rallies on record since the end of March, not all the telltale signs of irrational exuberance are visible at present, Goldman Sachs argues.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
However, irrational numbers, unlike zero, could not easily be ignored by the Greeks.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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