unreasonable request
Frequency: 6.87.5 per million words
a request that is not fair or sensible
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Examples (10)
- Asking me to work on Christmas Day is a completely unreasonable request.
- The manager realized that his unreasonable request had upset the team.
- I had to turn down her unreasonable request for a full refund after six months.
- It's an unreasonable request to expect me to finish this report by tomorrow morning.
- The landlord made an unreasonable request for three months' rent in advance.
- She felt it was an unreasonable request when he asked to borrow her car for a week.
- We must decide whether this is a legitimate or an unreasonable request.
- The customer’s unreasonable request for a private tour was politely declined.
- Don't you think asking for my password is a bit of an unreasonable request?
- The union argued that the new productivity targets were an unreasonable request.