Sentence examples for patent absurdity from inspiring English sources

(See Patent absurdity, Guardian, 20 June 2005).

Nevertheless, she tried to point out the patent absurdity of his plea.

But the patent absurdity of this expectation has done more to expose the propaganda machine than to encourage model citizens.

Despite its patent absurdity, the blood libel claim persisted like a virus for centuries and incited countless rounds of brutality against Jews in Europe.

The so-called "elderly rights law" is not the first piece of Chinese legislation whose transparent desperation and patent absurdity have provoked public outcry.

Fanjul, one cable said, spread rumors that the United States was revoking visas of those who opposed the trade deal — "a patent absurdity," the cable said.

The patent absurdities of the Warren commission tantalised comedians.

Jaroslav Hasek may have patented central European absurdity, but even he couldn't have topped "End of the World".

The legality of the move was questionable, and the absurdity was patent.

Those situations, to many in tech, highlight the absurdity of a patent system that seems to reflexively rubber-stamp the most trivial applications.

But perhaps the crowning absurdity of pharmaceutical patents is also the most subtle.