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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absurd questions" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe questions that are unreasonable, illogical, or nonsensical in nature.
Example: "During the interview, the candidate was asked several absurd questions that had nothing to do with the job."
Alternatives: "ridiculous inquiries" or "preposterous questions".
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"You ask absurd questions, or basic questions like, where is Canada?" he said.
These jokes usually started off with serious-sounding but absurd questions.
Under both systems, absurd questions are asked but the answers are never verified.
Don't waste your breath with absurd questions like: What are your weaknesses?
He is asked absurd questions, he said, like whether he offers employee benefits.
(Before the Voting Rights Act, Southern registrars were known to demand that African-Americans answer absurd questions).
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An absurd question.
An absurd question, you might think.
He grins as if this is an absurd question.
Given the impossibility of comparing chariots with private jets, this is an absurd question.
I always refer to it as a big absurd question mark.
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