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Word

absurder

Phoneticsab·sur·der

Definition

adj. more strange, silly, or unreasonable than something else. You use this to compare two things that are both very strange.

adj. more irrational, nonsensical, or ridiculous than another thing. The comparative form of 'absurd'.

Examples

“The new law is even more absurd than the old one.”

“The politician's latest excuse was so absurd that even his most loyal supporters began to doubt him.”

“While the initial proposal was already quite absurd, the revised version was so far removed from reality that it bordered on the comical.”

Examples

simple

“The new law is even more absurd than the old one.”

contextual

“The politician's latest excuse was so absurd that even his most loyal supporters began to doubt him.”

complex

“While the initial proposal was already quite absurd, the revised version was so far removed from reality that it bordered on the comical.”

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