ludicrous
Example Sentences
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It’s not my place or intent to warn Black people about racism, because that would be ludicrous and insulting, but I’ll warn the rest of us because in the end, authoritarianism targets everyone.
From Los Angeles Times
“Greenland’s security is already covered by NATO. The notion that China or Russia could seize it is ludicrous.”
From Barron's
Wyle tells the audience he is “not a real doctor” as he fires off ludicrous medical claims.
From Salon
“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?”
In an August 2023 court filing, special counsel Jack Smith described the allegation as “implausible, if not ludicrous.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
