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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absurd expectation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a belief or demand that is unreasonable or illogical.
Example: "The company's request for employees to work overtime without pay was an absurd expectation that led to widespread dissatisfaction."
Alternatives: "unreasonable demand" or "ridiculous assumption."
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It's an absurd expectation when dealing with crowds.
With all the evidence of bad faith on Smule's part … this is of course an absurd expectation".
The burden is on the patient to make sure every aspect of treatment is covered — an absurd expectation given the circumstances.
"It's an absurd expectation that Bolivia would extradite Snowden if he ever arrived there with this kind of precedent," Kathyrn Ledebur, director of the Cochabamba-based Andean InformaThen Network, told THuffingtonton Post.
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But on further inspection both are absurd expectations.
But we have absurd expectations for athletes, forcing them to ski in tight bounds of conformity or risk being portrayed as villains or underachievers or otherwise unfit for a Wheaties box.
I was never starry-eyed about Tony Blair (I know him), but realised on 2 May 1997 that the absurd expectations generated by the overnight election results – that 176-seat landslide – would have bad consequences, especially for Blair.
Maybe we just can't identify our feelings, and instead create absurd expectations that can only be fulfilled in books and in the movies.
In a new video for MTV's web series "Braless," YouTube star Laci Green explains how Disney's portrayals of women and men create absurd expectations for everyone.
Ten Bhomer's work focuses on shoes and the "absurd cultural expectations of women as expressed through mobility".
The decision in some respects is naive and in other respects is almost absurd in its expectations of what can be accomplished in a very, very short period of time".
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