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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. incongruous;inviting ridicule;
- Example: "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
- Example: "that's a cockeyed idea"
- Example: "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
- Example: "a contribution so small as to be laughable"
- Example: "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
- Example: "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
- Example: "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
[syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]

2. having no intelligible meaning;
- Example: "nonsense syllables"
- Example: "a nonsensical jumble of words"
[syn: nonsense(a), nonsensical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nonsensical \Non*sen"si*cal\, a.
   Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational;
   preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. --
   Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nonsensical
    adj 1: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that
           the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask
           a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
           contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is
           ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous
           attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her
           conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather
           dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed,
           derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous,
           nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
    2: having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a
       nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a),
       nonsensical]