absurd
Example Sentences
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But Isabel Losada’s book encourages readers to undertake a seemingly impossible mission: finding delight in navigating the absurd situations that committed environmentalists inevitably face, rather than succumbing to frustration.
From Los Angeles Times
“The Best You Can” may be a movie for everyone, but one may need a particular appreciation for the cosmically absurd to really get the joke.
“Suggesting that foreign countries had any input on this is absurd,” the official said.
“There were these big companies in telecom that were trading at just absurd valuations,” said Romeo A. Reyes, who was a senior analyst covering Global Crossing for Jefferies at the time of the company’s rise.
But the notion that I would plow ahead with authorizing driverless cars without the agency’s analysis and recommendations is absurd.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
