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Thesaurus: nonsensical

Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

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  1. a. Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
  2. adj. so unreasonable as to invite derision
  3. adj. having no intelligible meaning
  4. Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.
  5. Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational;preposterous.-- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv.-- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.
  6. j:100 s incongruous; inviting ridicule s having no intelligible meaning