preposterous

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: So unreasonable or silly that it is hard to take seriously or believe.

• That idea is preposterous.
• She dismissed his preposterous excuse.
• Isn't it preposterous to expect one person to finish all this today?

Nasıl kullanılır: it is preposterous to do something (It is preposterous to charge that much for a sandwich.); it is preposterous that… (It is preposterous that nobody checked the figures.)

Eş anlamlılar: ridiculous, absurd, ludicrous

Zıt anlamlılar: reasonable, sensible

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: preposterous idea, preposterous claim, utterly preposterous