irrationally
Example Sentences
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The most important lesson from that irrationally exuberant time is that overvaluation can lead to below-average returns for years — and even decades.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
If investors react impulsively, the people who benefit will be the professionals: the hedge funds, proprietary traders, and algorithmic funds who already dominate pre- and postmarket trading and can take advantage of irrationally priced assets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
I can sometimes get irrationally upset by movies with an incredible premise that is poorly executed.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
Daniel Kahnemann suggested that, on the contrary, they often act irrationally, based on instinct.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
He disliked Mordred irrationally, as a dog dislikes a cat—and he felt ashamed of the dislike, because it was a confused principle of his to help the younger Knights.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
