nonsensical
Example Sentences
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If you have fingers of fury, you might have experienced more nonsensical word salads lately.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Posted daily on TikTok, the nonsensical one minute-long episodes featuring this juicy cast have attracted hundreds of millions of viewers in a matter of weeks.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Spoofing manipulates that system, causing the affected ship to send a fake, or even nonsensical, location -- meaning that ships could appear to be on land in Iran or the Emirates.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
The language of manifesting your dreams into reality might sound nonsensical or contrived, but to JOP, his magical thinking became his saving grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
He just didn't believe that a jury, black or white, could convict him on the nonsensical story told by Ralph Myers—not when he had an unquestionable alibi with close to a dozen witnesses.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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