nonsensical
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Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
“There’s no cash-producing asset under this — it’s just a big derivative onion tied to a nonsensical index,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
And to imply that all editors are psychotic, it’s just nonsensical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda, meanwhile, invoked the viral protest catchphrase "waste-guna-huiya" - a deliberately nonsensical meme popularised during the demonstrations - to poke fun at the government.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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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