preposterous

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Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

David Hamilton said he could no longer trust the government to handle some files "unsupervised" after being given "preposterous and unacceptable" excuses for not complying with his orders.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Written by Matthew Parkhill, with Guy Ritchie — who directed Robert Downey Jr. in two steroidal Holmes films — helming some episodes, it’s pulpy and nutty and preposterous, mostly in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Liu returning to figure skating in her late teens would have sounded as preposterous as Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir climbing down from the NBC booth and competing in pairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In fact, it had made things harder for Cecilia with her third, though it was preposterous of her to pretend to be disappointed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan