nonsensical
pronunciation
How to pronounce nonsensical in British English:
UK [nɒnˈsensɪkl]
How to pronounce nonsensical in American English:
US [nɑnˈsensɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
- having no intelligible meaning
Word Origin
- nonsensical (adj.)
- 1650s, from nonsense + -ical. Related: Nonsensically.
Example
- 1. Here their existence is nonsensical and half-hearted .
- 2. The whole premise of buyers insisting on paying higher prices is nonsensical to a rational person .
- 3. Of those , the most nonsensical is the reference rate for inflation , calculated as the average of the lowest three national rates .
- 4. But to claim this proves their value is as nonsensical as claiming that the wearing of lab coats proves their value in finding new cures .
- 5. He has tinkered with , not abolished , indonesia 's economically nonsensical restrictions on rice imports .