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absurd

UK /əbˈsɜːd/US /əbˈsɜːrd/

adjective

extremely silly; not logical and sensible

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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.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

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