nonsensical

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nonsensical

adjective more nonsensical · most nonsensical · nonsensic · non-sensical

  1. Without sense; absurd. Well, her very foolish grandmother has mixed herself up in some nonsensical correspondence with the court of St. Germains; or, rather, has let herself be made a tool by Mr. Trevanion, who, I am happy to say, is not Ethel's husband; they arrested him just in time.

    Similar: meaningless, unmeaning, absurd, foolish, irrational, preposterous · Opposite: comprehensible, commonsensical, logical, rational, sensible, sensical

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Closest in meaning: meaningless, absurd, preposterous, foolish, ridiculous, derisory, ludicrous, unreasonable, mindless, unwise, senseless, useless, pointless, irrational, inane, inappropriate

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adj without sense

Españolestólido
日本語意味不明な imifumeina
Françaisabsurde, sans queue ni tête
Deutschsinnwidrig, unsinnig, widersinnig
Русскийбессмы́сленный bessmýslennyj, неле́пый nelépyj
עבריתשטותי shtutí, אבסורדי absúrdi

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@misc{nonsensical_2026,
  title = {nonsensical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonsensical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}