preposterous

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Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Written by Matthew Parkhill, with Guy Ritchie — who directed Robert Downey Jr. in two steroidal Holmes films — helming some episodes, it’s pulpy and nutty and preposterous, mostly in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The climax finds the main characters pursuing a preposterous plot to secure their futures through a desperate plan to steal government vouchers and bid for an oil company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

ANL has consistently denied the claims, calling them "lurid" and "preposterous".

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

The very notion that Jefferson should feel himself the injured party with the moral leverage to forgive her husband was a preposterous presumption.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis