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
The majority of the investment in building and deploying Homes.com External link is done, so it’s sort of nonsensical to not play it out.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
So to pull the rug from under him, having made signings on the manager's recommendation, would seem nonsensical.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
What a fittingly nonsensical end to an extremely nonsensical year.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2025
The country was a single body, with each organ serving its function—to say that Pharaoh exploited the people was therefore as nonsensical as saying that his head “exploited” his hands.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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