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Impossible to take seriously; silly:
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- Impossible to take seriously; silly:
- Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
- Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate:
Having no regard for morality.
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- Having no regard for morality.
- Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary:
- Being well beyond the bounds of good taste:
Not capable of being endured, used, agreed to, etc. because disagreeable or unsuitable
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- Not capable of being endured, used, agreed to, etc. because disagreeable or unsuitable
- Not capable of being done easily or conveniently
- Not capable of being accomplished:
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Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate:
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- Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate:
- Impossible to take seriously; silly:
- Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
Ridiculous; absurd
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- Ridiculous; absurd
- Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly:
- Capable of arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous:
Having or showing little sense; reckless, flighty, giddy, rash, etc.
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- Having or showing little sense; reckless, flighty, giddy, rash, etc.
Showing foolishness or stupidity.
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- Showing foolishness or stupidity.
- Of, having the nature of, or characteristic of an idiot; very foolish or stupid
- Exhibiting profound mental retardation. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
Intended for use by such persons:
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- Intended for use by such persons:
- Immoderate; wild:
- Characteristic of or associated with persons who are mentally deranged:
Of or for people who are mentally deranged.
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- Of or for people who are mentally deranged.
- Of or for insane persons
- Suffering from lunacy; insane
Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas:
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- Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas:
- (Slang) Excellent; wonderful:
- Mentally ill; insane
Showing foolishness or stupidity.
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- Showing foolishness or stupidity.
- Exhibiting mild intellectual disability. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
Lacking intelligible meaning:
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- Lacking intelligible meaning:
- Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
- Unintelligible, foolish, silly, absurd, etc.
Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous:
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- Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous:
- Having or exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense; foolish.
- Having or showing little sense, judgment, or sobriety; foolish, stupid, absurd, ludicrous, irrational, etc.
Lacking judgment, realism, or firmness.
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- Lacking judgment, realism, or firmness.
- Stupid or foolish
Extremely foolish or stupid.
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- Extremely foolish or stupid.
- Foolish, stupid, or silly
(Informal) Fantastic, outlandish, absurd, etc.
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- (Informal) Fantastic, outlandish, absurd, etc.
- Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
- Unnaturally strange and frightening.
Comical in an extravagantly ludicrous or slapstick manner
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- Comical in an extravagantly ludicrous or slapstick manner
- Unusual and bizarre in a funny, comical way; outlandish; clownish
- Foolish or crazy
Intoxicated; drunk.
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- Intoxicated; drunk.
- (Slang) Tilted to one side; crooked; awry
- Silly; ridiculous; foolish
- (Of a person) insane
- Mentally deranged; crazy.
- Crazy; demented
Confused; befuddled
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- Confused; befuddled
- Befuddled or disoriented:
- Crazy or eccentric:
Pleasantly warm and breezy
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- Pleasantly warm and breezy
- Having the qualities of balm; soothing, fragrant, etc.
- (Chiefly Brit., Slang) Crazy or foolish
Lacking common sense
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- Lacking common sense
- Not sensible; foolish.
- (Slang) Foolish, eccentric, or crazy
Mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid
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- Mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid
- Stupid; doltish:
- Silly, ridiculous, etc.
(Slang) Foolish; silly:
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- (Slang) Foolish; silly:
- Characterized or moving by jerks; making sudden starts and stops or spasmodic movements
- Characterized by jerks or jerking:
(Slang) Erratic, eccentric, or irrational; zany
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- (Slang) Erratic, eccentric, or irrational; zany
- Eccentric or irrational:
- Crazy; silly:
Offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd
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- Offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd
- (Law) Designating or of books, films, etc. which when judged by contemporary community standards, are found to appeal to a prurient interest in sex, be patently offensive, and have no serious artistic, scientific, or social value
- (--- Law) Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
Having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong
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- Having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong
- Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary:
- Being well beyond the bounds of good taste:
Deserving ridicule
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- Deserving ridicule
- Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly.
- (Colloquial) Extremely bad
- Highly offensive to good taste, propriety, etc.; extremely revolting
- Having an effect like that of a heavy blow or shock; staggering
Unreasonable, excessive, or immoderate
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- Unreasonable, excessive, or immoderate
- So harmful to the interests of one of the parties to an agreement or contract as to make that paper unenforceable and, therefore, null and void. So harmful to the interests of one of the parties to an agreement or contract as to make that paper unenforceable and, therefore, null and void.
- Beyond prudence or reason; excessive:
Unsupported by a valid exception to requirements of a warrant; for example, unreasonable search and seizure.
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- Unsupported by a valid exception to requirements of a warrant; for example, unreasonable search and seizure.
- Not determined by reason; capricious; arbitrary; irrational.
- Having or showing little sense or judgment; not rational
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