nonsensical
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I found myself increasingly stuck on how nonsensical it all seemed, that such a patently absurd idea—magic beds!—could find its way to the most powerful person in the world.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The film got three stars from Tim Robey, external at The Telegraph, who notes the film's "action interludes are more nonsensical than scary" and "provide momentary dumb fun when Scott's campfire apocalypse needs waking up".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
There’s no cash-producing asset under this — it’s just a big derivative onion tied to a nonsensical index.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The country was a single body, with each organ serving its function—to say that Pharaoh exploited the people was therefore as nonsensical as saying that his head “exploited” his hands.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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