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
Every nonsensical or offensive thing she says seems to only strengthen her following.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.