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/əbˈsɜː(r)d/She makes the most absurd claims about her past achievements.
It’s completely absurd to suggest that we shouldn’t test students.
She has a wonderfully absurd sense of humour.
This is the British English definition of absurd. View American English definition of absurd.
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