irrational
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“She did something so economically irrational and inexplicable that it would make no sense other than when understood in the context of defendants’ scheme,” the filing stated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
“This shows just how irrational investor expectations are becoming, and that sets a dangerous precedent,” Puckrin said, adding that SK Hynix is vulnerable given how heavily retail investors drive the South Korean stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Greenspan is most well-known for his 1996 speech in which he mused about irrational exuberance in the financial markets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
All other intervals are given by irrational numbers based on the twelfth root of two, not nice numbers that can be written as a ratio of two small whole numbers.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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