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nonsensical

adjective

1 nonsensical

So unreasonable as to invite derision:
— Ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer.

synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous.

Roget 499: unintelligent [Applied to persons], unintellectual, unreasoning; mindless, witless, reasoningless, brainless; halfbaked; having no head etc. 498; not bright etc. ... show more

Roget 517: unmeaning; meaningless, senseless; nonsensical; void of sense etc. 516.    inexpressive, unexpressive; vacant; not significant etc. 516; insignificant.    ... show more

Roget 497: absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self-contradictory; macaronic, punning.    foolish ... show more

Roget 477: intuitive, instinctive, impulsive; independent of reason, anterior to reason; gratuitous, hazarded; unconnected.    unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, ... show more

2 nonsensical

Having no intelligible meaning:
— A nonsensical jumble of words.

synonym: nonsense.

Polish: bezsensowny, bezsensowy, nonsensowny


Moby thesaurus: Pickwickian, absurd, asinine, askew, beyond belief, bizarre, cockamamie, crazy, dumb, extravagant, fantastic, fool, foolish, grotesque, high-flown, idiotic, imbecilic, incredible, irrational, laughable ... show more.

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