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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a ludicrous state of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that is absurd or ridiculous.
Example: "The recent budget cuts have led to a ludicrous state of disarray in the education system."
Alternatives: "an absurd condition of" or "a ridiculous situation of".
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This seems a ludicrous state of affairs.
This is clearly a ludicrous state of affairs, and just as clearly the Scots want to keep it.
"I think the situation that we now have, where an employer is not allowed to choose between a British-born person and somebody from Poland, is a ludicrous state of affairs.
"It is a ludicrous state of affairs when the main rail service is tipped into complete meltdown because of passengers seeking an alternative way of completing their journey," said the RMT leader, Mick Cash.
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In a satirical aside, Hogarth shows four corpulent barristers struggling to climb out of the carriage in a ludicrous state.
"This ludicrous state of affairs came about because of an aggressive commercial culture encouraged by Mr Dyke," the Telegraph says.
This ludicrous state of affairs – money wasted in one corner of the city while it's desperately needed elsewhere – is the typical result of Toronto City Hall's idea of consensus.
This ludicrous state of affairs likely has more to do with our litigious society than actual perceived danger to the public.
This ludicrous state of affairs prohibits making statements such as: "they did then what we do now," without the wrath of queer theorists raining down insults of an uncommonly vitriolic nature.
He, too, had spent the better part of the decade in a state of ludicrous, strategic denial.
What a ludicrous pile of nonsense.
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