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absurd English

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What does absurd mean?
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absurd

Something absurd is ridiculous and stupid. Saying that a fish cannot swim in water is just absurd. It was absurd for him to start a business selling rusty nails!

absurd

inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant — Walter Lippman (= cockeyed, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous) incongruous;inviting ridicule the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework that's a cockeyed idea ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer a contribution so small as to be laughable it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous (= the absurd) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth — -Albert Camus

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Simple sentences

He refused to accept such an absurd proposal.
Can't you understand how absurd it is?
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
It's absurd never to admit your mistakes.
It is absurd to idle away the student life.
It is neither more nor less than absurd.
What an absurd idea!
That's the most absurd idea I've ever heard.
That's quite absurd.
It is absurd trying to persuade him.
It is absurd to believe that young children can run faster than policemen.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
How absurd!
That would be absurd.
Don't be absurd.
The idea seemed absurd at first.
Flights to the moon were once thought absurd.

Movie subtitles

No, 600 years ago, the idea of a civilized West would have seemed absurd.
It's just absurd.
It's absurd!
Don't be absurd, Smith.
Your experiments are absurd.
That absurd theory of yours.
Oh, I know it seems absurd when we've known each other such a short time, but I'm serious.
But this is absurd.
Who could have made this absurd engraving?
Don't be so absurd.
Oh, but doesn't that seem a little absurd?
Why, Count Vronsky, this is absurd.
Don't be absurd. I hate men.
Don't be absurd, Carlos.
Don't be absurd.
After all, it's rather absurd to go straight to bed your first night back in Paris.
I think you're very absurd, very persistent and.
This is absurd.
Don't you think it's being melodramatic and absurd?
Well, it's absurd, Countess, but it does.
Aren't you being a little absurd?
Isn't that a bit absurd?
There might have been something strange about Lady Dearden's trip to Sunset View. Such an insinuation is absurd and unfounded.
General, this whole affair is absurd. I hoped you had changed your attitude.
So that you could make him accept your absurd condition?
Okay, that's absurd.
THAT'S ABSURD.
Take that absurd expression off your face and sit down.
He's as absurd as ever.
Don't be absurd!
That's absurd!

News and current affairs

After all, medieval alchemists engaged in what we now consider an absurd search for ways to transform base metals into gold.
But any attempt to prolong Kuchma's rule will create such a political mess that it is not absurd to fear that Ukraine could follow Belarus and the Balkans of the early 1990's into outright dictatorship and chaos.
The notion that Liu might be capable of subverting the immense power of the Communist Party of China is patently absurd.
The claim that gun ownership ensures freedom is especially absurd, given that most of the world's vibrant democracies have long since cracked down on private gun ownership.
Ionesco's genius was to portray a world in which the absurd is triumphant.
Our reality, I suspect, would challenge even Ionesco's sense of the absurd.
He is loud, crude, ignorant about most things, and looks absurd in his puffed up blond comb-over hairdo.
The corruption, the vote-buying, the absurd thirst of soccer bosses for international prestige, the puffed-out chests festooned with medals and decorations - all of that is par for the course.
This is absurd; every historian knows that there is no such thing as final historical truth.
But what is so absurd about establishing standards by which to assess the fulfillment of Sarkozy's campaign promises?
The view that Greece has not achieved sufficient fiscal consolidation is not just false; it is patently absurd.
In an effort that can be described only as absurd, European producers are attempting to convince their customers that the former method is worse for consumers.
That diplomatic project is far from absurd.
The question seems absurd in the light of photographs of American soldiers torturing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners.
Neither man found it difficult to accept the bankers' absurd logic.
And that is what ultimately makes the China-centric blame game so absurd.
This is why pursuing Assange is futile and absurd.
And to suggest that the United States Federal Reserve, or the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority, might have anything to learn from China's financial authorities would have been thought absurd.
It was an absurd thing to say, of course, in 1938, given the size of Europe's populations today.
That idea of an ethical approach to the Greek crisis might sound absurd to readers of the financial press, and many politicians will undoubtedly consider it naive.
It would be absurd if we had to suffer a real catastrophe again in order to understand what European integration has always been about.
This absurd account neglects the fact that Li was already one of the world's wealthiest people before he ever invested in China.
Indeed, nationalist xenophobia is particularly absurd in view of demographic realities: An aging Europe urgently needs more immigrants, not less.
The absurd result, however, is that citizens from EU candidate countries are subject to asylum procedures, because no possibility for legal immigration to the EU exists for them.

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