preposterous
pre·pos·te·rous
adjective
1.
completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
- “the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”
- “that”
- “;”
- “;”
- “;”
Origin
From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”).
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