preposterousness
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Perhaps by now you’ve picked up on the preposterousness in this parade of terms.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025
The earnest preposterousness of this sequence, which might have worked on MTV sometime in the early ’90s, is representative of the movie’s silliness and its longing for sublimity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
But she’s also fully clued in to the preposterousness of a 24-year-old millionaire singer issuing prescriptions, and the soporific luxury of her lounges on the beach.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2021
But it’s clear that he misses the preposterousness he’s had to put on hold for close to a year.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2021
"Oh yes!" said Sylvia, half startled by the preposterousness of the idea that they might not be.
From The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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