irrational

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in Vietnamese Không hợp lý, phi lý

BrE /ɪˈreɪʃnəl/ AmE /ɪˈreɪʃnəl/

adjective en → vi

1 LOGIC [attributive / predicative] B1

Không hợp lý, phi lý

not based on reason or logic; impossible to prove as true or false using logical arguments

  • an irrational argument
  • be an irrational decision

Collocations irrational fear · irrationally high prices

  • His arguments were completely irrational.

    Những lập luận của ông ấy hoàn toàn phi lý.

2 MATH [attributive / predicative] C1

Số vô tỷ

in mathematics, a number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers and has never-ending digits after the decimal point

  • an irrational number