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1. nonsensical
adjective. ['nɑːnˈsɛnsɪkəl'] incongruous; inviting ridicule.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ical (English)
- nonsense (English)
- non- (English)
Rhymes with Nonsensical
- commonsensical
Sentences with nonsensical
1. Adjective
A good activity for this is to write a sentence with a nonsensical word in it on the board.
Quotes about nonsensical
1. Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.'I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.
- George Eliot
2. In these modern times, the only sensible thing to be is nonsensical.
- Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE
3. Most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
2. nonsensical
adjective. ['nɑːnˈsɛnsɪkəl'] having no intelligible meaning.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -ical (English)
- nonsense (English)
- non- (English)