the absurd

noun

: a state or condition of extreme silliness or foolishness : an absurd or ridiculous state

Her ideas once seemed reasonable, but now they verge on the absurd.

: things that are absurd

a filmmaker who is fascinated with the absurd

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At a sandwich shop Nazareth, PA, a worker relayed to me her exasperation with the absurd quantity of mailers and advertisements she's been swamped by on a daily basis, which have led her to become alienated from the prospect of even making a decision of whether to vote. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Can a synthetic interviewee say the absurd is a very valuable element in generating disturbances in discourse? —

Juan Isaza, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Trump casts a long shadow and has a way of making the absurd mundane. —

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 More so than forecasting precise scandals and snafus — though there were plenty of eerily predictive moments, including the woke-ification of daylight saving time — what Veep got right was the absurd tone of our fractured reality. —

Whizy Kim, Vox, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for the absurd