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Definition of Nonsensical

1. Adjective. Incongruous;inviting ridicule. "Her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

2. Adjective. Having no intelligible meaning. "A nonsensical jumble of words"

Definition of Nonsensical

1. a. Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

Definition of Nonsensical

1. Adjective. Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous. ¹

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Definition of Nonsensical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Nonsensical

1. Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsensical

nonsensationalist nonsensationalistic nonsense nonsense(a) nonsense codon nonsense mutation nonsense mutations nonsense strand nonsense suppression nonsense syndrome

nonsense triplet nonsense verse nonsense word nonsensed nonsenses nonsensical (current term) nonsensicalities nonsensicality nonsensically nonsensicalness

nonsensification nonsensifications nonsensify nonsensing nonsensitive nonsensory nonsensual nonsensuality nonsensuous nonsentence

Literary usage of Nonsensical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1806)
"[ began to string nonsensical stanzas to the same ning kind of measure. Though I trust I should not have ..."

2. Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1870)
"... I say, by his own merits : if he prove nonsensical, let him suffer for it. WILLIAM PENN TO JAMES LOGAN. LONDON, 6th $th-mo., 1703. ..."

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