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absurder

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate ab·sur·der

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'.


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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