nonsensical

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"Powell's endorsement is nonsensical, and it leaves open the question of just how big a factor race was in his decision," Bauer wrote in his daily email blast to supporters.

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  1. adjective Lacking intelligible meaning: a nonsensical jumble of words.
  2. adjective Foolish; absurd: nonsensical ideas.

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  • I'd say cool but nonsensical is a pretty decent level to shoot for.
  • It is sometimes nonsensical, and even cruel, to carry this system into a frigate, where the same necessity for keeping the space unencumbered does not exist. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • The whole thing was nonsensical, and Maigret would have liked to simply shrug it off. —  Georges Simenon - [24] Maigret's Rival
  • Have the pettifogging, hair-splitting, nonsensical, and yet inflammatory bickerings about the right of search, pandering to the thirst for revenge in France, panting for war to prostrate the disputed title of her king—has the sound of this war-trumpet yet faded away upon our ears? —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams, by Josiah Quincy
  • Sometimes non-Chinese Americans infer from the nonsensical messages in fortune cookies that Chinese thinking is nonsensical, mystical, and inscrutable. —  Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
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/nɑnˈsɛnsɪkəl/
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