Portuguese
absurdo Incongruous; inviting ridicule.
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Examples for "the absurd"
Examples for "the absurd"
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Yet in the relations between nations the absurd thing often does happen.
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Habit has dulled our perception of the absurd anti-climax involved in it.
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Graciela smiled at the absurd suggestion, and Father Killen's heart nearly stopped.
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Her humorous take on the absurd is as good as a tonic.
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It was more than culpable, in that it verged on the absurd.
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Looked at from our point of view the problems were quite absurd.
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This approach and the list of functions was of course completely absurd.
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The position of Germany, the euro zone's main lender, is increasingly absurd.
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Of course Martin had been broken; it was absurd to think otherwise.
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Perhaps the situation was just too absurd for him to take seriously.
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Of course such thinking is absurd, but it happens all the time.
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Barnett has a great way of mixing understatement with completely absurd situations.
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Even five years ago the idea would have been dismissed as absurd.
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Wired: Gervais takes tack-sharp aim at all things absurd -including himself.
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I don't understand how you're asked to believe things that are absurd.
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You need not fear though, Two. But, of course, this was absurd.
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This means Labour should be backing absurd schemes like free schools, presumably.
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Don't be absurd-I'dnever let myself be seen with him in public.
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It's an almost absurd contrast from where we were a year go.
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The idea may seem absurd, yet it is rooted in sound science.
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Molly, I want you to give up this absurd idea right now.
