Nonsensical

Quick meaning: Nonsensical is an adjective meaning Without sense; absurd.

Meaning

Without sense; absurd.

Example Sentences

Conspiracy theories have become so mainstream that they are even prompting nonsensical legislation. Earlier this month, Louisiana lawmakers sent a bill to the state’s governor seeking to ban “chemtrails” – which don’t actually exist.

Well, her very foolish grandmother has mixed herself up in some nonsensical correspondence with the court of St. Germains; or, rather, has let herself be made a tool by Mr. Trevanion, who, I am happy to say, is not Ethel's husband; they arrested him just in time.

President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.

Word Forms

• nonsensic
• non-sensical

Synonyms for nonsensical

Depending on context, synonyms include meaningless, unmeaning, absurd, foolish, irrational, preposterous.

Antonyms for nonsensical

Common opposites include comprehensible, commonsensical, logical, rational, sensible, sensical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include meaningless, absurd, preposterous, foolish, ridiculous, derisory.

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