Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking intelligible meaning.
- adjective Foolish; absurd.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of nonsense; having no sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
sense ;unmeaning ;absurd ;foolish ;irrational ;preposterous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having no intelligible meaning
- adjective incongruous;inviting ridicule
Etymologies
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Examples
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But since the fourth century B.C., the region has undergone such complete ethnic and cultural changes to render the name nonsensical, Greece argues - not to mention that Greece has its own province called Macedonia.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By MIKE CORDER 2011
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This sad, pitiful person abounds in nonsensical, uniformed diatribes.
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The folks meeting there must have been ankle deep in nonsensical dribble.
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Of course, this means that usually they get away with it, and then spend 15 minutes in nonsensical Mad Hatter Tea Party discussion of a misformulation.
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He recycles the nonsensical propaganda that used to mascarade as history in nonsensical history books that where shown to be complete fabrications (Joan Peters!) as fact.
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As far as Eliot's is concerned, his older sister Dawn talks in nonsensical sentences.
[UPDATED] REVIEW: 2006 Nebula Award Short Fiction Nominees 2007
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It is a chilling fact that most of the world's leaders believe in nonsensical fairytales about the nature of reality.
German Longsword: How to punish bad technique zornhau 2005
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Not less nonsensical is the vision of rich lovers at her feet.
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Ferrell plays Dr. Rick Marshall, a paleontologist disgraced by what others call his nonsensical theories about space-time vortexes.
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GRTU compensation claim for Valletta works is 'nonsensical' - ministry
timesofmalta.com 2010
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