unreason
Plural: unreasons
Noun
- the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
- Lack of reason or rationality; unreasonableness; irrationality.
- Nonsense; folly; absurdity.
Verb
Verb Forms: unreasoned, unreasoning, unreasons
- To cause someone to lose their sanity or logical thought.
- To prove to be unreasonable; disprove by argument.
- To apply false logic or think without logic.
- To make unreasonable; to deprive of reason.
Examples
- The constant triple-word scores began to unreason his opponent, leading to desperate plays.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English unreson; equivalent to un- + reason.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
unreason: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunreason: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unreason: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
unreason: valid Words With Friends Word