illogical

Modifying Another Word

• utterly: Worse still, the New York Post lamented that it ' devolves into a best-forgotten clone of an utterly illogical X-Files episode ' .
• totally: Not being feminist to me is just totally illogical.
• somewhat: However the folks who codify the roads decided to be somewhat illogical here in their coding system.
• completely: Well, this ' bigger is better ' thing is completely illogical.
• entirely: Support for football teams - being a male thing - is an entirely illogical phenomenon.
• quite: However, we have also seen quite illogical examples of where the state thinks it knows best.

Infinitive complement

• say: It is equally illogical to say " There is NO God " .
• assume: The argument is elegantly put, but it seems illogical to assume that the middle ground between these extremes is untenable in practice.
• deny: It seems illogical to deny rights for performers to a sub-element of their performance.
• allow: We believe it is illogical not to allow all forms of hunting to be decided by an independent registrar.
• exclude: It would be illogical to exclude the primary public service broadcaster - the BBC - from its remit.

Modifies a noun

• conclusion: It's beyond my understand how these illogical conclusions have been reached by many of our brothers!
• thinking: Unfortunately, this was not to be my last run in with such illogical thinking.
• argument: By promoting illogical argument it would lessen the chance of turning out individuals capable of clear thinking.
• statement: As this is an illogical statement, how had the traffic experts come to that conclusion?
• nature: BF: There is usually an illogical nature to your logic, I feel.
• decision: India in West Indies 2006 Brian Lara's strange and illogical decision not to enforce the follow on let India off the hook.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Consequently, it seems illogical to bring my studying of the subject to such an abrupt end.
• appear: Therefore, it appears illogical not to require performance criteria for options to be included in the graph.
• become: As is so often the case a battle won leaves another to fight and the situation is becoming ever more illogical.