The committee rejected the unreasonable demand for a tenfold increase in funding without any evidence of additional need.
委员会拒绝了要求资金增加十倍的不合理要求，因为没有任何额外需求的证据。
Which choice best defines “unreasonable”?
B — Not guided by or based on good sense. “unreasonable” means not guided by or based on good sense.
Which word means “not guided by or based on good sense”?
C — unreasonable. “unreasonable” means not guided by or based on good sense.
unreasonable — not guided by or based on good sense. In Chinese: 不合理的.
unreasonable is pronounced /ʌnˈriːzənəbl/.
The committee rejected the unreasonable demand for a tenfold increase in funding without any evidence of additional need. (委员会拒绝了要求资金增加十倍的不合理要求，因为没有任何额外需求的证据。)
irrational, excessive, absurd — all close in meaning to unreasonable (not guided by or based on good sense).
reasonable, sensible — each the opposite of unreasonable (not guided by or based on good sense).
Yes. unreasonable is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.