NONSENSICAL Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

nonsensical

adjective

as in absurd

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality a nonsensical decision that didn't take account of all of the facts

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as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment your plan to lose weight through total starvation is completely nonsensical

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After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
To envision European unity without the United States—as the authors attempt to do—is therefore absurd. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS O’Brien and Stringer try to address, in a practical way, the hard security questions Europe would face if abandoned by Washington.

Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024

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