nonsensical

/nɔn'sensikəl/

Thân thiện

The teacher wrote a nonsensical sentence on the chalkboard.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no intelligible meaning; making no sense: Describes language, ideas, or actions that are meaningless, foolish, or absurd.
   • Laughably incongruous or unreasonable: Describes something so illogical or inappropriate that it invites ridicule.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The instructions were completely nonsensical and impossible to follow.
  • He gave a nonsensical explanation for his absence.
  • The politician's nonsensical argument was quickly dismissed by the experts.

Advanced Usage

• "to be nonsensical": to be devoid of logic or meaning.
  • The theory is nonsensical and contradicts all known evidence.
• "utterly/totally/completely nonsensical": used for emphasis to describe something as absolutely meaningless.
  • The claim that the earth is flat is utterly nonsensical in the modern age.

Variants and Related Words

• Nonsense (n): Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.
  • He was talking complete nonsense.
• Nonsensically (adv): In a nonsensical manner.
  • The data was arranged nonsensically.

Synonyms

• Absurd: Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
• Ridiculous: Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
• Preposterous: Contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
• Ludicrous: So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Related Phrases

• Talk nonsense: To say things that are foolish or untrue.
  • Please stop talking nonsense and be serious.
• Make (a) nonsense of something: To make something seem ridiculous or pointless.
  • The new evidence makes a complete nonsense of their original theory.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having no intelligible meaning
   • nonsense syllables
   • a nonsensical jumble of words
2. incongruous; inviting ridicule
   • the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
   • that's a cockeyed idea
   • ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
   • a contribution so small as to be laughable
   • it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
   • a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
   • her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nonsense
• absurd
• cockeyed
• derisory
• idiotic
• laughable
• ludicrous
• preposterous
• ridiculous