He knew his world too well to make absurd mental demands of it. For this was the absurdity of taxation, and it claimed to have given rise to no less than eighteen of them. This can be heard in the absurd arguments against childhood vaccination and Darwin`s theory of evolution by natural selection. But he made it clear that what Alessandro had asked for was not only out of the question, but absurd. I`m really curious if Kennedy can even think of any of the absurd implications of what he says. In all these years of survival, cynical voices have had absurd leeway for criticism. DeRosa also said she believes the idea that she would conduct an investigation into workplace culture is absurd. Stone`s film is finally immersed in his absurd images, which are rightly hilarious. Some spit out absurd jury prizes, while others denounce the glaring failure of the criminal justice system. In 1994, the league`s batting percentage was .424, the highest since 1930. And I, for one, absolutely refuse to believe this absurd story of him about a bulldog. «Trying to fix the current system is absurd and doomed to fail,» said Dr. Damania.
At the airport, it seemed absurd to obey social distancing signs throughout the terminal, only to be crushed like standing sardines as soon as we all boarded the plane. Her hope had been to escape loneliness, but with this absurd secret, she was more alone than ever. n. the greater weight of proof required in civil (non-criminal) litigation for the trial judge (jury or non-jury judge) to rule in favour of either party. This preponderance is based on the most convincing evidence and its probable veracity or accuracy, rather than on the amount of evidence. Thus, a clearly informed witness may provide a preponderance of evidence over a dozen witnesses with vague statements, or a signed agreement with certain conditions may outweigh opinions or speculation about what the parties wanted. A preponderance of evidence is required in a civil proceeding and contrasts with «beyond a reasonable doubt,» which is the strictest standard of proof required for conviction in criminal proceedings. Regardless of what the definition indicates in various legal opinions, the meaning is somewhat subjective. I found the idea so absurd that I even tweeted about it.
Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your go-to guide to problems in English. Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Latin praeposterus, literally, in the wrong order, followed by prae- + posterus hinder, followed – more a posterior.