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nonsensical

[non-sen-si-kuhl] / nɒnˈsɛn sɪ kəl /


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Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda, meanwhile, invoked the viral protest catchphrase "waste-guna-huiya" - a deliberately nonsensical meme popularised during the demonstrations - to poke fun at the government.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Owens’ arguments are often nonsensical, but because she commands an audience of more than 6 million YouTube subscribers, they have enough power to force the rest of the commentary class to rebut them.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2026

The language used to describe snack tins is so flowery — and muddled by hyper-wellness jargon — it’s almost nonsensical.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

She took me to Downings, Vaults, the Woods, Delving, Cricklet, Tenners, Candlebear The names she gave them, nonsensical at first, fit like a glove when I finally saw what they described.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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