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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not making sense |
| Synonyms: | absurd, casuistic, cockeyed, fallacious, false, fatuous, faulty, groundless, hollow, implausible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, mad, meaningless, not following, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, screwy, self-contradictory, senseless, sophistic, sophistical, specious, spurious, unconnected, unproved, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound, unsubstantial, untenable, wacky, without basis, without foundation |
| Antonyms: | correct, logical, meaningful, rational, reasonable, right, sensible |
| Main Entry: | imperfect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flawed |
| Synonyms: | amiss, below par, bottom-of-barrel, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, disfigured, dud, faulty, few bugs, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon, limited, low, marred, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, schlocky, sick, sketchy, two-bit, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious, warped |
| Antonyms: | excellent, faultless, finished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unflawed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inaccurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erroneous |
| Synonyms: | all wet, careless, counterfactual, defective, discrepant, doesn't wash, fallacious, false, faulty, imprecise, in error, incorrect, inexact, mistaken, off, off base, out*, specious, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, untrue, way-off, wide*, wild*, wrong |
| Antonyms: | accurate, correct, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incorrect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong |
| Synonyms: | counterfactual, erroneous, false, faulty, flawed, imprecise, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inexact, mistaken, not trustworthy, out*, specious, unfitting, unreliable, unseemly, unsound, unsuitable, untrue, way off, wide of the mark, wrong number |
| Antonyms: | correct, right, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infirm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick, weak |
| Synonyms: | ailing, anemic, anile, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, enfeebled, failing, faint, faltering, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, halting, ill, insecure, irresolute, laid low, lame, sensile, shaky, unsound, unstable, unsubstantial, vacillating, wavering, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | firm, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, strong |
| Main Entry: | insecure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, precarious |
| Synonyms: | defenseless, exposed, fluctuant, frail, hazardous, immature, insubstantial, loose, open to attack, perilous, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaky, unguarded, unprotected, unreliable, unsafe, unshielded, unsound, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, secure, sound |
| Main Entry: | insubstantial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, imaginary |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, chimerical, decrepit, ephemeral, false, fanciful, feeble, flimsy, fly-by-night, fragile, frail, idle, illusory, immaterial, imponderable, incorporeal, infirm, intangible, metaphysical, petty, poor, puny, slender, slight, tenuous, thin, too little too late, unreal, unsound, unsubstantial |
| Antonyms: | real, strong, substantial |
| Main Entry: | invalid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless; unfounded |
| Synonyms: | bad, baseless, fallacious, false, ill-founded, illogical, inoperative, irrational, mad, not binding, not working, nugatory, null, null and void, reasonless, sophistic, unreasonable, unreasoned, unscientific, unsound, untrue, void, wrong |
| Antonyms: | sound, valid, worthwhile, worthy |
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, cockamamie, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, freaky, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, kooky, loony, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty, off-the-wall, preposterous, raving, reasonless, ridiculous, silly, sophistic, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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