absurd
C1UK /əbˈsɜːd/US /əbˈsɜːrd/
Meaning
adjective
extremely silly; not logical and sensible
“That uniform makes the guards look absurd.”
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“Jeff has stated an audacious proposition to be sure, but as Al Albert Einstein once observed, if at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
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