preposterous

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It’s preposterous to think that, even with the best of intentions on both sides, a peace as complicated as this could have been settled in one day.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

David Hamilton said he could no longer trust the government to handle some files "unsupervised" after being given "preposterous and unacceptable" excuses for not complying with his orders.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Patel’s preposterous partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team while war-planning was underway in Washington was widely, justifiably mocked.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

She thought it was preposterous, that she, a girl of fourteen, with nothing but a grade school education, would be considered eligible to take over the work of a thirty-year-old college graduate like Miss Armstrong.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith