preposterousness
- a word derived from preposterous.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps by now you’ve picked up on the preposterousness in this parade of terms.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025
The earnest preposterousness of this sequence, which might have worked on MTV sometime in the early ’90s, is representative of the movie’s silliness and its longing for sublimity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
But she’s also fully clued in to the preposterousness of a 24-year-old millionaire singer issuing prescriptions, and the soporific luxury of her lounges on the beach.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2021
Wholly embracing its preposterousness, this sprightly, enjoyable show is a huge improvement on its source: a humorless, casually sexist 1980 movie from Clint Eastwood’s ill-considered comedy phase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2019
She was as preposterous as Reggie; but she was not, like him, conscious of her preposterousness.
From Kimono by Paris, John
