Sentence examples for almost unreasonable from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost unreasonable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or expectation that is very close to being unreasonable, suggesting that it is just on the edge of what is considered acceptable or rational.
Example: "The demands of the project were almost unreasonable, pushing the team to their limits."
Alternatives: "nearly absurd" or "borderline irrational".

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They are famously well-connected with an almost unreasonable number of friends, who speak enthusiastically of their generosity and vibrancy.

This breakthrough into the monumental, which made exceptional and almost unreasonable demands of audiences, presupposes a singer of quite exceptional capacity and reputation one who could impose the new and admittedly difficult form upon his listeners by the sheer unfamiliar genius of his song.

Greg Cartwright has had a guiding hand in an almost unreasonable number of great garage-rock acts over the last couple of decades, among them the Oblivians, the Compulsive Gamblers, the Parting Gifts and perhaps greatest of all, Reigning Sound – whose early-noughties albums Time Bomb High School and Too Much Guitar both stand up as truly unimpeachable rock'n'roll-soul classics.

- almost unreasonable.

Taylor is admirably committed to conveying Clarke's unbreakable will, which sometimes comes off as almost unreasonable stubbornness.

They are notable for their almost unreasonable effectiveness, finding use in just about anything, from self-driving cars to Google's image search, to IBM's Jeopardy! champion, Watson".

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"Almost inevitably, unreasonable government secrecy is the enemy — and, usually, the giveaway about what the real story might be," Bernstein said.

Almost an unreasonable amount, really.

Mr Hollande promises deficit-reduction (reasonable), but almost entirely through tax increases (unreasonable).If Mr Hollande is playing Mitterrand, Mr Sarkozy seems to be reaching for De Gaulle.

At The Washington Post blog, Post Partisan, James Downie also saw faulty gamesmanship on the part of the administration: If this was an attempt to make Republicans look unreasonable, then, in almost every conceivable way, it failed spectacularly.

In almost all applications there are unreasonable number of cycles of design and testing before the system works as desired.

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