(1) Take-out: Apple can still innovate and Apple can still generate irrational lust out of thin air.
(2) Irrational fear, anxiety and prejudice are not less common among health professionals than in the community generally; they require attention in HIV-related educational programs.
(3) This is the latest rejection for an irrational bully whose brand is increasingly toxic.” Referring to earlier controversial comments made on the US campaign trail, Salmond also said of Trump: His behaviour and comments are unlikely to attract the votes of many Mexican Americans or Muslim Americans.
(4) The high prevalence of harmful habits in the young families and also some unfavourable features of their lifestyle were detected (low physical activity, irrational diet, etc).
(5) Sure enough, the rowdy crowd in the Fox News audience gave him a lusty boo - the loudest of a rambunctious night and maybe of the entire primary season so far - while Gingrich called him "utterly irrational" for questioning the manner of Bin Laden's killing.
(6) There are rationally treatable fears arising from the acute situation (especially in rehabilitation patients) as well as the irrational anxieties of the mainly endogenous depressive.
(7) The irrational motivations of refusal (particularly, denial and delusional ideation) have been evoked much more often then rational motivations (therapeutic inefficiency, secondary effects).
(8) Although critics have argued that psychiatric medications in correctional settings are often prescribed in a clinically irrational manner, without adequate diagnostic criteria, and for the purposes of coercive control rather than treatment, there has been no systematic research in an attempt to validate these claims.
(9) And they should be able to "tolerate high levels of ambiguity and uncertainty and rapid change – and at times irrational political demands".
(10) He described Anderson as “highly intelligent,” “irrational,” and “calculated” in the violence he carried out against his former partner, Rosie Batty and their son.
(11) The danger is that it will leave their irrational aspects intact, while stripping away the essential protections they offer to our wildlife.
(12) In general, providing up-to-date information in a small group setting can effectively reduce irrational fears.
(13) People are dying to get into this company because they are on Facebook, it's irrational if you look at the numbers.
(14) Debating issues such as unemployment benefits and the rehabilitation of prisoners, I was suddenly propelled into the role of standalone lefty whose views were brandished "dreamy" and "irrational".
(15) The most frequent causes for destabilization of the remission were bronchopulmonary infections, incorrect reduction or discontinuing of the medication, formal supportive therapy, psychologic demobilization and irrational supportive therapy.
(16) I assert that this state of biological psychiatry is due to its violation of an epistemological criterion of rationality, i.e., the relevance criterion; that is, contemporary biological psychiatry is irrational as it adopts a conception irrelevant to the psychobiological domain.
(17) It is contended that these deviations, rather than representing irrational biases, could be due to (a) unspecified information over which causal inferences are computed and (b) the questionable normativeness of the models against which these deviations have been measured.
(18) But only now, when the world's biggest economies have been lashed by the fallout from the irrational exuberance of the markets, has the idea captured the imagination of their leaders, including Gordon Brown , right.
(19) The combined application of clonidine and prazosin in antihypertensive treatment is probably not only irrational but ought to be discouraged in view of the interaction between the drugs, which leads to a reduced antihypertensive potency of clonidine.
(20) He said Iran's enemies had understood the message of the naval exercises, saying: "We have no plan to begin any irrational act but we are ready against any threat."
Superstitious
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.
(a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
(a.) Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
Example Sentences:
(1) This research examined three explanations for the "superstitious" behavior of pigeons under frequent fixed-time delivery of food: accidental response-reward contingency, stimulus substitution, and elicited species-typical appetitive behavior.
(2) 12.59am BST Kelsey McCabe (@kelseyyymc) My dad just told me he's been doing a special dance all morning so that the #STLCards will win tonight #Believe12in12 October 22, 2012 And that's probably the least superstitious thing going on in Missouri and in the Bay Area.
(3) Some village people think that the earthquake was caused by the tourists, but they are superstitious,” said Anna, who works at a tour agency that takes visitors to the national park where the mountain is located.
(4) His unreflecting faith in enlightenment, progress and psychiatry contends with the archetypal, the superstitious, the fact of human evil.
(5) All I know is that, within about a week, the idea had gone from a fanciful notion to a superstitious (and preposterous) conviction that I was put on the planet for no other reason than to translate this poem.
(6) I mean, it was sort of like his superstition, because all players are always superstitious.
(7) And wish you luck (I don't say 'break a leg' never been superstitious!)
(8) One of the coaches, the eternally superstitious Mario Zagallo, said that Barbosa might bring bad luck to the team.
(9) Perhaps the most superstitious Juventus supporters might even have been reassured to see this game start disastrously.
(10) I am pleased with the implication here, namely that fewer people are taken in by superstitious fantasy, but was left feeling deeply unsatisfied with the way the state hangs on to the idea that we are a religious nation – in particular a Christian one.
(11) So we kind of invented our own superstitious belief system.
(12) Is death from hexing limited to ignorant and superstitious tribes, or is it part of some general phenomenon basic to many forms of human communication?
(13) It’s unclear what will happen but they have very experienced expedition leaders with them and for the moment they have enough food and fuel.” The difficulty, he suggested, was that “the Sherpas are very superstitious and I can’t see any of them wanting to go back up the mountain after this.
(14) Knock on wood here – I am very superstitious – but we are very confident that it’s going to pass.” And it did.
(15) Anything superstitious I will not be telling a joke under any of the following circumstances: under a ladder; over running water; indoors; on the 6th or the 13th; facing south; near a precariously balanced mirror.
(16) Brazilians are very superstitious and they might need to stick to their routine from the group stage.
(17) Past and present treatments have been empirical, usually reflecting the prevailing views of epilepsy, be they medical, theological or superstitious.
(18) Although we often hear others, and ourselves, make references to the Sports Gods and pretend that it's in fun, there's a superstitious primitive part of us all that almost believes in them.
(19) But the crowd are prepared to wait... 10.09pm BST I don't normally publish emails like this, but we've had a lot of them in the past week I'm banned by my highly superstitious family from watching live coverage of the Olympics because I jinx Team GB," says Claire Robins.
(20) His 1828 poem about the dreamy view from a gate on this site celebrates the superstitious human habit of making wishes.