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Word entry · 12 letters

preposterous

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"Wildly unreasonable"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeoopprrsstuStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2R3E4P5O6S7T8E9R10O11U12S

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Filled answer is this word (PREPOSTEROUS).

Definitions

  1. so unreasonable as to invite derision

Word origin

From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”).

Used in a sentence

  • Leading the attack on the president's very citizenship is the professional vulgarian Donald Trump, who gets away with the kind of preposterous, race-based comments granted few black public figures.

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