unreasonably

unreasonably
un·rea·son·ably
[ʌnˈri:zənəbli]
adv
1. (illogically) unvernünftig
she claims, not \unreasonably, that ... sie behauptet nicht zu Unrecht, dass ...
2. (unfairly) übertrieben, unangemessen
you're being \unreasonably strict with Daphne du bist unnötig streng mit Daphne
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[ʌn'riːznəblɪ]
adv
long, slow, high, strict übermäßig, übertrieben

he remained unreasonably stubborn — er blieb unnötig stur

he argued, quite unreasonably I think, that we should have known — er sagte, meiner Meinung nach ungerechtfertigterweise, dass wir das hätten wissen müssen

you must prove that your employer acted unreasonably — Sie müssen nachweisen, dass Ihr Arbeitgeber ungerechtfertigt gehandelt hat

not unreasonably — nicht ohne Grund

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adv.
unvernünftig adv.

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