nonsensical

See also: non-sensical

English

Alternative forms

nonsensic (very rare)
non-sensical

Etymology

From nonsense +‎ -ical.

Adjective

nonsensical (comparative more nonsensical, superlative most nonsensical)

Without sense; absurd.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 179:
  Well, her very foolish grandmother has mixed herself up in some nonsensical correspondence with the court of St. Germains; or, rather, has let herself be made a tool by Mr. Trevanion, who, I am happy to say, is not Ethel's husband; they arrested him just in time.
Synonyms: meaningless, unmeaning, absurd, foolish, irrational, preposterous
Antonyms: comprehensible, logical, rational, sensible, sensical

Usage notes

The form non-sensical is much less common while nonsensic is extremely rare.[1].
Webster 1828 defined this as "Unmeaning; absurd; foolish." Webster 1913 defined this as "Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous."

Related terms

nonsense
nonsensible
senseless

Collocations

Nouns often used with "nonsensical"

words, things, idea, notion, results, question, language, way, talk, statement, situation, story, argument, reasons, stuff, books, jargon, theory, assumption, interpretation

Translations

without sense

Armenian: անիմաստ (hy) (animast)
Bikol Central: daing hawong
Bulgarian: глупав (bg) (glupav), безсмислен (bg) (bezsmislen)
Czech: nesmyslný (cs) m
Danish: absurd
Dutch: betekenisloos (nl), zinloos (nl), onzinnig (nl)
Finnish: järjetön (fi), tolkuton (fi), mieletön (fi)
French: absurde (fr), sans queue ni tête (fr)
Galician: absurdo (gl) m
German: sinnwidrig, unsinnig (de), widersinnig (de)
Hebrew: שטותי‎ (shtutí), אבסורדי‎ (absúrdi)
Hungarian: képtelen (hu), abszurd (hu), nonszensz, értelmetlen (hu)
Japanese: 意味不明な (imifumeina)
Latin: nūgax
Manx: meecheeallagh
Maori: nenekara
Plautdietsch: onsennich
Polish: nonsensowny, bezsensowny (pl)
Russian: бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj), неле́пый (ru) (nelépyj)
Thai: ไร้สาระ (th) (rái-sǎa-rá)
Turkish: saçma (tr), saçma sapan (tr), abes (tr), abuk sabuk (tr), abidik gubidik (tr), absürt (tr)

References

nonsensical,([non - sensical*100),(nonsensic*10000)] at Google Ngram Viewer