ludicrous
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Todd said it was "ludicrous" and has since supplied evidence that reduces the likelihood.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
For the rest of America not versed in the internecine fights of the online right, this situation may seem baffling—or even trivial, given the ludicrous nature of Owens’ claims.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
“I think it’s ludicrous that the city might turn it into something else. While they’re at it, why don’t they make the Hemingway house a Vrbo?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Begrudgingly, you half-buy into one of the script’s more ludicrous set-ups, that Lightning & Thunder will play their biggest show on the night Diamond is headlining at another venue in town.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
“Are they letting her speak in public now? What in the world does the title of this ludicrous lecture mean?”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing ludicrous
A Raisin in the Sun
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The Hunger Games
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