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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a preposterous question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a question that is absurd or unreasonable in nature.
Example: "When he asked if we could fly to the moon in a car, I couldn't help but think it was a preposterous question."
Alternatives: "an absurd question" or "a ridiculous question".
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That is a preposterous question, clearly.
It's a preposterous question for many reasons.
But this is not a preposterous question.
She was trying to answer a preposterous question: Can putting someone's mind in a younger era cause their body to follow?
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So, sitting on the steps of a 25th Street brownstone, I ask the seemingly preposterous question.
None of the Oxford academics had such preposterous questions and his impertinence was treated was patronising disdain.
They can't sit there pretending they don't know why they're being asked these preposterous questions, because they picked the list.
And why the hell is Karl Rove still pompously pushing his party line like a preposterous pundit instead of answering questions in front of Congressional committees, or sharing a cell with some guy named Bruno?
It's a preposterous generalization, and not just because the measurement in question is so minute.
Stars or no, it is an open question whether audiences will flock to a preposterous, putatively heartwarming buddy comedy about two men diagnosed with terminal cancer living it up in their final months.
Even at Super Bowl media day — a preposterous circus atmosphere that includes reporters in costumes asking the most absurd questions imaginable — several Seattle and Denver players clammed up at the mere mention of the word marijuana.
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