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urimelig

adjectiveadjektiv

unreasonable · implausible · unreasonably

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. som ikke virker trolig eller i tråd med fornuft;
    absurd (1)absurd, usannsynligunlikely · improbable · unbelievably
    which does not seem plausible or in keeping with reason;
    absurdabsurd (1), improbableusannsynlig
    • det lyder helt urimelig it sounds completely implausible
    • en urimelig påstand an implausible claim
    • komme med urimelig kritikk to come out with unreasonable criticism
  2. som er vanskelig å ha med å gjøre;
    vanskelig (2)difficult (to get along with), umedgjørliguncooperative, unaccommodating, obstinate, urettferdig (1)unfair, unjust
    who is hard to deal with;
    difficult (to get along with)vanskelig (2), uncooperative, unaccommodating, obstinateumedgjørlig, unfair, unjusturettferdig (1)
    • være vrang og urimelig to be awkward and unreasonable
    • ikke vær så urimelig, da! don't be so unreasonable!
  3. med for stort krav;
    ubeskjedenimmodest, fordringsfulldemanding, ubluexorbitant, overdreven (1)excessive
    asking too much;
    immodestubeskjeden, demandingfordringsfull, exorbitantublu, excessiveoverdreven (1)
    • et urimelig forlangende an unreasonable demand
    • stille urimelige krav to make unreasonable demands
  4. brukt som adverb: uforholdsmessig (1)disproportionately used as an adverb: disproportionatelyuforholdsmessig (1)
    • et urimelig svært loft an unreasonably large attic
    • bruke urimelig lang tid to take an unreasonably long time