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Ridiculous, foolish, unreasonable, or out of place

Funny or amusing, typically from being so ridiculous

Beyond the realms of plausibility or credibility

Beyond the realms of possibility

Unsuitable or inappropriate or a given purpose or situation

Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention

Lamentably bad or poor in quality

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable

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Adjective

Ridiculous, foolish, unreasonable, or out of place

out of the ordinary

inconsequential

dead from the neck up

not making sense

ill-thought-out

self-contradictory

without foundation

out of this world

feather-brained

worthy of scorn

beyond all reason

out of all reason

extremely foolish

not well thought out

stupidly irresponsible

unsubstantiated

uncharacteristic

soft in the head

like nothing on earth

won't hold water

off beaten path

never to be forgotten

beyond the bounds of possibility

counterintuitive

devoid of intelligence

out in left field

out of the question

mentally incompetent

as thick as two short planks

wet behind the ears

taking the cake

non compos mentis

of unsound mind

sick in the head

mad as a hatter

stark raving mad

away with the fairies

nutty as a fruitcake

foaming at the mouth

mad as a March hare

round the twist

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

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“To relate its massive increases to only one service was a ludicrous gesture and can only be worthy of our contempt.”

Adjective

Funny or amusing, typically from being so ridiculous

hysterically funny

killingly funny

too funny for words

tongue-in-cheek

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

screamingly funny

extremely amusing

tongue in cheek

a barrel of laughs

outrageously funny

a laugh a minute

in good spirits

without a care in the world

pulling one's leg

mincingly clever

quick on the draw

quick on the uptake

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of vim and vigour

full of the joys of spring

bright and breezy

as merry as a grig

as lively as a grig

in seventh heaven

on top of the world

as pleased as Punch

in high spirits

as happy as a clam

as happy as a sandboy

tickled to death

beside oneself with joy

floating on air

as happy as Larry

jumping for joy

like a dog with two tails

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“It seemed that every so often, he'd realize how ludicrous and funny his OCD was, but it was rarely ludicrous and funny enough to stop doing it.”

Adjective

Beyond the realms of plausibility or credibility

hard to swallow

self-contradictory

out of the ordinary

incomprehensible

imcomprehensible

extremely difficult to believe

not to be thought of

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

not in the least likely

scarcely credible

out of the question

extremely doubtful

beyond the bounds of possibility

difficult to believe

hard to believe

won't hold water

not able to hold water

highly unlikely

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“Those ludicrous stories of green officers and men, over which everybody laughs, are really no exaggeration.”

Adjective

Beyond the realms of possibility

incomprehensible

not worth considering

out of the question

beyond the bounds of possibility

highly unlikely

beyond the realm of reason

not remotely possible

not to be considered

hardly possible

not to be thought of

like herding cats

contrary to reason

beyond possibility

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“The poet is too embarrassed by his ludicrous dream to even mention it to anybody.”

Adjective

Unsuitable or inappropriate or a given purpose or situation

disadvantageous

unfavourable^UK

lacking in propriety

not good enough

disproportionate

beyond the pale

out of character

inappropriate to

uncomplimentary

not up to scratch

not designed for

not up to snuff

out of its element

not recommended

out of place with

out of character with

not good enough for

standing out a mile

sticking out a mile

like a fish out of water

badly thought-out

poorly thought-out

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Adjective

Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

not worth mentioning

of no consequence

not worth bothering about

of no importance

of little importance

of little consequence

twopenny-halfpenny

not worth speaking of

of minor importance

of no great concern

neither here nor there

of little import

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

of no significance

beside the point

undistinguished

underprivileged

no great shakes

lacking substance

of less importance

feather-brained

dishonorable^US

lower in status

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

dishonourable^UK

one-dimensional

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Adjective

Lamentably bad or poor in quality

foolish-looking

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

not up to snuff

bargain-basement

good-for-nothing

not up to scratch

less-than-stellar

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

beyond contempt

cheap and nasty

leaving much to be desired

beyond the pale

not up to standard

beneath contempt

no great shakes

twopenny-halfpenny

not good enough

end-of-the-pier

strictly for the birds

leaving a lot to be desired

down-at-the-heels

undistinguished

lower in status

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

of poor quality

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Adjective

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable

disproportionate

overextravagant

recrementitious

out of all proportion

beyond the pale

surplus to requirements

excessively high

without justification

not the done thing

out of proportion

against the rules

contrary to the rules

costing an arm and a leg

blown up out of all proportion

over one's head

not quite the thing

untrammelled^UK

of considerable size

root-and-branch

extremely large

larger-than-life

taking the cake

spreading like wildfire

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

through the ceiling

more than enough

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