absurd
Example Sentences
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I’ve been privy to someone’s absurd envy over a rival’s bigger jet and heard people running huge enterprises speak of wanting to start another one at 70.
Plus, the writers loved the phenomenon of hot sauce companies having such absurd names — think “Slap Ya Mama.”
From Los Angeles Times
As Mr. Stuart points out, there are some five million speakers of Mayan languages today, making theories of disappearance absurd.
In a public letter, executives said the claim that Jefferies couldn’t pay back its debt was “false and absurd.”
Raleigh may be displaying intensity, but the idea that a gentle fist bump of a current MLB teammate is treason is a special brand of absurd.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.