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nonsensical

adjective as in absurd

Weak match

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He also said he criticised Russia in his speech and said the notion he was doing what Russia wanted was "provably nonsensical."

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Its protagonist is a hapless writer who nonsensically gets caught up in secret-agent intrigue.

"I find the very suggestion that when I'm criticising Russia, that somehow I'll be in any way reacting to something Russia would have wanted me to do... it's provably nonsensical," Arnott told the BBC.

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Still, I’m going to lean into the nonsensical here and say that Herbert has a big game at home against a pair of vulnerable corners, and the Chargers win by a field goal.

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Many correlations are highly significant from a statistical perspective but which are nevertheless nonsensical.

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