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nonsensical

/ˌnɑːnˈsɛn.sɪ.kəl/
non · sen · si · cal
Adverb:nonsensically
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• adjective

1

Foolish, absurd, or wildly impractical; lacking sound judgment or reason.

Example

"The committee quickly rejected the nonsensical proposal to build an outdoor ice rink in the middle of the summer."

2

Having no intelligible meaning; making no sense.

Example

"The garbled audio transmission produced a string of nonsensical syllables that the linguists could not decode."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in the mid-17th century from the noun 'nonsense' combined with the adjectival suffix '-ical'. 'Nonsense' itself combines the Latin-derived prefix 'non-' (not) with 'sense', from Latin 'sensus' (perception, meaning).

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Nonsensical. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/nonsensical
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