Vocab Bloom Hub

illogical

/ɪˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/

1 entry

Word connections

adjective

/ɪˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/B2formal
  • ruОписывающий нечто, противоречащее правилам логики или разума; лишённое смысла или чётких, обоснованных рассуждений.

Describes something that is contrary to the rules of logic or reason; lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning.

  1. Contrary to logicB2formal

    Lacking correct logical relation; not following the principles of sound reasoning.

    ruНелогичный

    • His argument was completely illogical and full of contradictions.
    • It is illogical to claim that all birds can fly when penguins cannot.
    • She pointed out the illogical steps in his reasoning.

    Synonymsabsurderroneousfallaciousfaultygroundlessinconsistentinvalidirrationalnonsensicalspeciousunreasonableunsounduntenable

    Antonymscoherentlogicalrationalreasonablesound

  2. Lacking coherenceB2formal

    Lacking orderly continuity; not making sense in a connected way.

    ruНепоследовательный

    • The plot of the movie was illogical and hard to follow.
    • His speech was disjointed and illogical, jumping from one topic to another.
    • The report had an illogical structure that confused the readers.

    Synonymsdisconnecteddisjointedincoherentinconsistentramblingunconnected

    Antonymscoherentconsistentlogicalrationalsound

  3. Unreasonable or senselessB1informal

    Contrary to common sense or reason; not sensible.

    ruНелогичный

    • That's an illogical decision given the current circumstances.
    • It seems illogical to spend so much on a broken car.
    • Don't be illogical – we need a clear plan to succeed.

    Synonymsabsurdfoolishirrationalnonsensicalpreposteroussenselessunreasonableunsound

    Antonymslogicalrationalreasonablesensiblesound

Forms
  • more illogical comparative form
  • most illogical superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Inherited terms

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Source link

All listed licenses apply

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.