Preposterous vs Meaningless - What's the difference?
preposterous | meaningless |
Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
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Lacking meaning.
Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
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As adjectives the difference between preposterous and meaningless
is that preposterous is absurd, or contrary to common sense while meaningless is lacking meaning.preposterous
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
Synonyms
* absurd * foolish * irrational * nonsensical * See alsoSee also
* topsy-turvy * upside downExternal links
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Adjective
(en adjective)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless .}}