Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
un·rea·son·ableFunction:
adjective : not reasonable
: beyond what can be accepted: as
a : clearly inappropriate, excessive, or harmful in degree or kind
unreasonable delay> unreasonable restraint of trade> b : lacking justification in fact or circumstance unreasonable inference>; especially : IRRATIONAL b unreasonable> c : not supported by a warrant or by a valid exception to a warrant requirement (as when there is reasonable suspicion) and therefore unconstitutional unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated —U.S. Constitution amendment IV> —see also SEARCH, SEIZURE —un·rea·son·able·ness noun —un·rea·son·ably adverb