unreasoning

adj

"unreasoning" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unreasoning” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking or without reason.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unreasoning · unreasoning · English

unreasoning · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unreasoning
PropertyValue
Headwordunreasoning
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unreasoning” in English

unreasoningfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unreasoning is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lacking or without reason.".

No misspelling variants are generated for unreasoning in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + reasoning. The correct English form is unreasoning, spelled U-N-R-E-A-S-O-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lacking or without reason.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how unreasoning appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. When we consider the enormous amount of suffering and disease, both of mind and body, arising from the sex-suppression of which I have just spoken, especially among women, we see that mere unreasoning taboos - which possibly had their place and use in the past - can be tolerated no longer.

Etymology

From un- + reasoning.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unreasoning"?
"unreasoning" is spelled U-N-R-E-A-S-O-N-I-N-G.
What does "unreasoning" mean?
As an adjective, "unreasoning" means: Lacking or without reason.
What is the origin of the word "unreasoning"?
From un- + reasoning. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list