1. Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.
2. Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
It seemed utterly irrational any longer to maintain it.
I. Taylor. 3. (Math.) Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; —
said especially of roots. See Surd.
Syn. — Absurd; foolish; preposterous; unreasonable; senseless. See Absurd.
Irrationality
(Ir*ra`tion*al"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being irrational. "Brutish irrationaliity." South.
Irrationally
(Ir*ra"tion*al*ly) adv. In an irrational manner. Boyle.
Irrationalness
(Ir*ra"tion*al*ness), n. Irrationality.
Irrebuttable
(Ir`re*but"ta*ble) a. Incapable of being rebutted. Coleridge.
Irreceptive
(Ir`re*cep"tive) a. Not receiving; incapable of receiving.
Irreclaimable
(Ir`re*claim"a*ble) a. Incapable of being reclaimed. Addison. — Ir`re*claim"a*bly, ad.
Irrecognition
(Ir*rec`og*ni"tion) n. [Pref. in- not + recognition.] A failure to recognize; absence of
recognition. Lamb.
Irrecognizable
(Ir*rec"og*ni`za*ble) a. Not recognizable. Carlyle.
Irreconcilability
(Ir*rec`on*ci`la*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
Irreconcilable
(Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble) a. [Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irréconciliable.] Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as,
irreconcilable enemies, statements. — Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. — Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
Irreconcile
(Ir*rec"on*cile`) v. t. To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. [Obs.]
Irreconcilement
(Ir*rec"on*cile`ment) n. The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.
Irreconciliation
(Ir*rec`on*cil`i*a"tion) n. Want of reconciliation; disagreement.
Irrecordable
(Ir`re*cord"a*ble) a. [Pref. ir— not + record: cf. L. irrecordabilis not to be remembered.]
Not fit or possible to be recorded.
Irrecoverable
(Ir`re*cov"er*a*ble) a. Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as,
an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury.
That which is past is gone and irrecoverable.
Bacon. Syn. — Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.
— Ir`re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n. — Ir`re*cov"er*a*bly, adv.
Irrecuperable
(Ir`re*cu"per*a*ble) a. [L. irrecuperabilis: cf. OF. irrecuperable. See In- not, and Recuperate.]
Irrecoverable. — Ir`re*cu"per*a*bly, adv.
Irrecured
(Ir`re*cured") a. Incurable. [Obs.]
