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unreasonable

/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/ adjective B2
  1. Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
  2. Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
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Wickham walked into the room, Elizabeth felt that she had neither been seeing him before, nor thinking of him since, with the smallest degree of unreasonable admiration.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 84 · B2
I do not know whether I ever before mentioned to you my feelings on this subject, but I will not leave the country without confiding them, and I trust you will not esteem them unreasonable.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 137 · B2
If it be so, if I have been misled by such error to inflict pain on her, your resentment has not been unreasonable.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 229 · B2
Wickham wrote to inform me that, having finally resolved against taking orders, he hoped I should not think it unreasonable for him to expect some more immediate pecuniary advantage, in lieu of the preferment, by which he could not be benefited.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 232 · B2

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