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  • 91suggestion — n. 1) to advance, make, offer, put forward a suggestion 2) to ask for, call for, invite suggestions 3) to act on; adopt a suggestion 4) to reject a suggestion 5) an appropriate; helpful; pertinent; preposterous suggestion 6) a suggestion about,… …

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  • 92outrageous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. offensive, shocking. See disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. offensive, shocking, flagrant, monstrous, atrocious, heinous, intolerable, appalling, extreme, excessive, inordinate, immoderate,… …

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  • 93silly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. witless, foolish, stupid, childish; fatuous, inane; senseless, absurd, ridiculous; stunned. See absurdity, credulity, folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. senseless, ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish,… …

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  • 94impossible — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Incapable of being considered] Syn. inconceivable, unthinkable, vain, hopeless, infeasible, unachievable, unattainable, out of the question, insurmountable, useless, impassable, inaccessible, unworkable, preposterous,… …

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  • 95nonsensical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. absurd, silly, senseless; see stupid 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. unintelligible meaningless, incomprehensible, senseless. 2. absurd silly, foolish, scatterbrained, ridiculous, preposterous. ANT.: 1.… …

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  • 96Undueness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of right. < N PARAG:Undueness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 undueness undueness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 malum prohibitum malum prohibitum Sgm: N 1 impropriety impropriety Sgm: N 1 illegality illegality &c. 964 G …

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  • 97impossible — [adj1] beyond the bounds of possibility absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred to one*, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible,… …

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  • 98cockeyed — adjective 1. turned or twisted toward one side (Freq. 1) a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry G.K.Chesterton his wig was, as the British say, skew whiff • Syn: ↑askew, ↑awry, ↑lopsided, ↑wonky, ↑skew whiff …

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  • 99idiotic — adjective 1. insanely irresponsible (Freq. 3) an idiotic idea • Syn: ↑crackbrained • Similar to: ↑insane 2. incongruous; inviting ridicule the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework …

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  • 100nonsensical — adjective 1. incongruous; inviting ridicule 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… …

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