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    • absurd :a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
      • The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth

    • absurd :inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
      • the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant

    • absurd :so unreasonable as to invite derision
      • 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

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