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nonsense
adj. having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous
adj. 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"
Fuzzynyms (35)
otiose, wasted, useless, pointless, superfluous
adj. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
silly, pathetic, ridiculous
adj. inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
ridiculous, farcical, ludicrous
adj. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
meaningless
adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"
comic, funny, comical, laughable, risible
adj. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
eccentric, strange, bizarre, outlandish, outre, weird
adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
stupid, foolish, headless, brainless
adj. not using intelligence
nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, witless
adj. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
imprudent
adj. not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger
Synonyms (23)
empty, hollow, vacuous
adj. devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
insignificant
adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall
mindless, unmeaning
adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall
pointless, purposeless
adj. lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
mindless, vacuous, asinine, fatuous, inane
adj. devoid of intelligence
unwise
adj. showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"
mad, insane, harebrained
adj. very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
misguided, ill-conceived
adj. poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"
scatty, scatterbrained, rattlebrained, rattlepated
adj. lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott
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nonsensical
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