Nonsensical and Simple

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Nonsensical adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.

Usage example: your plan to lose weight through total starvation is completely nonsensical

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Simple and nonsensical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Nonsensical".

Nearby Word: nonsense

Simple adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.

Usage example: don't be so quick to characterize people who have trouble with computers as simple

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Nonsensical and simple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nonsensical" instead an adjective "Simple".

El Goonish Shive started out as a series of simple, nonsensical plots (fighting a goo monster, a male character being stuck as a girl) with something more serious brewing in the background.

Source: Kudzu Plot
In Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, there is at least one instance of a conversation taking a nonsensical turn due to simple miscommunication.

Source: Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic
Happens in Youre In Love Charlie Brown where Charlie Brown, when called to solve a relatively simple math problem, ends up filling half the chalkboard with nonsensical geometry formulas, wanting to impress the Little Red-Headed Girl.

Source: E = MC Hammer

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