NON SEQUITUR Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

non sequitur

noun

as in remark

a statement that is not connected in a logical or clear way to anything said before it We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog.

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Recent Examples of non sequitur This is a love affair blossoming on the planet of non sequiturs, the kind of repartee moviegoers used to get with William Powell and Carole Lombard, or Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 The non sequitur sends Grace into arpeggios of laughter, but once Dylan is out of earshot, Grace discloses to me that she’s begun to regard Dylan as one of her own children. —Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Stuffing hundreds of punch lines, visual gags, and non sequiturs into less than 90 minutes, Airplane! boasts arguably the highest laughs-per-minute ratio in cinema history. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 Economists were trafficking in non sequitur while at the same time glossing over the fact that work divided looms largest on prices. —John Tamny, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for non sequitur

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Noun

What To Know Boebert's remarks came after President Donald Trump changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America via an executive order during his first days in office.

— Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The remarks came just two days a report on BBC Sport revealed former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had urged the sport’s commission to bring back the V10s.

— Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025