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were preposterous
adjective
Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
Exact(28)
Some of the stories were preposterous.
He told me the train fares were preposterous.
Mr. Bart said on Friday that such suggestions were preposterous.
Hezbollah's attempts to hide its role in Syria were preposterous, Assir said.
Some had joined as children and signed "billion-year contracts" that they didn't realize were preposterous.
John Maynard Keynes, for one, thought that prescriptions like Mellon's were preposterous.
Similar(32)
Their accusation is preposterous.
The notion is preposterous.
But this is preposterous.
That would be preposterous.
That's preposterous.
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