absurd

(of an idea or suggestion) wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

 

The humorously absurd mood is set up from the start.

It is absurd to blame current difficulties on any state's governor, Republican or Democrat.

The sets were shoddy, the costumes gaudy and sometimes absurd , and the music inappropriate.

It would be absurd to blame Vodafone for terrorists chatting across their network.

Charles' fears have rightly been ridiculed as absurd , but he is not alone in expressing such concerns.

I'm all out of amusing anecdotes and absurd ruminations.

The customers' terrified looks therefore appear in a somewhat absurd and comical light.

Running is an absurd sport, for absurd people.

It's a good example of how absurd people can look when they try to appropriate to themselves a title they have no claim to.

By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety.

I gave her another shut your face look, muttered, ‘You're absurd ,’ and left.

To make excuses for such blatant stupidity is even more absurd .

Its also absurd to try to blame this on gun-ownership.

The reason I was attracted to it in the first place is because people are absurd .

His grotesque and absurd characters committed gross, outrageous acts.

That is the sort of absurd nonsense that has been driving the other side of the debate.

It was absurd , insane, and downright dangerous, but it was an idea.

The result is a mixed platter: Hilariously absurd one minute, farcically annoying the next, and damn surreal all of the time.

The level of outrage is absurd : it's front page news and questions have been asked in Parliament.

It's an absurd ritual, and funny, yet his little trek affords a lovely view and brings him into contact with fellow passers-by.

He created an absurd and funny universe that, though ridiculous, always seemed real and sincere.

Maltin wisely points out that, at the time the cartoon was written, these behaviors were absurd .

The embodiment of this absurd student reaction can be seen in the instances where students threatened legal action if their exams were not marked on time.

And on that note, the whole thing about chocolate being good for you is equally absurd .

The taxi driver was complaining to them, about their rather absurd behaviour and making him wait the whole day.

The town described by Kipling in Plain Tales from the Hills seemed a wonderfully absurd Victorian fantasy.

The likes of me have given up having opinions about the monarchy: cruel to knock them, when everyone knows they're absurd .

But the principle is absurd and irrational as far as the international community is concerned.

It is absurd to blame schools with high standards for other schools having low standards.

However, it is absurd to place primary blame on the players for this situation.