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• s  incongruous; inviting ridicule
  a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history

• Sharper criticism for Leahy's proposal comes from political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain, who dismisses it as "preposterous.
• If future historians ever try to pinpoint the time when sport pay scales turned preposterous, they may well pick last week.
• It never ceased to get the table laughing, Michael and me most of all, because it was preposterous to think we wouldn't have ended up together.

• absurd
• cockeyed
• derisory
• idiotic
• laughable
• ludicrous
• nonsensical
• ridiculous

News & Articles

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• Man of Steel Is for Real
  Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous self-seriousness, its overblown, CGI'ed-to-death climax, and its desperate efforts to depict the destruction of, well, everything on Earth, there's greatness in this ...
  June 11, 2013 - Broward-Palm Beach New Times
• In Man of Steel, There's Greatness in the Superman Origin Story
  Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous self-seriousness, its overblown, CGI’ed-to-death climax, and its desperate efforts to depict the destruction of, well, everything on Earth, there’s ...
  June 11, 2013 - The Village Voice
• UFC 162: Why Anderson Silva's Legacy is on the Line against Chris Weidman
  It seems almost preposterous to suggest that a loss to an up-and-comer like Chris Weidman could tarnish the pristine legacy of longtime UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva .  After all, "The Spider" has racked up a 16-0 record in the UFC and has defended his belt a record 10 straight times, facts that deservedly make him the most prolific champ in company history. "The All-American ...
  June 10, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in Wall Street Journal
  Any speculation in the region about the United States losing interest in Asia strikes me as either preposterous, or disingenuous, or both,Mr. Gates said, noting that he had served under seven US presidents.
• Nick Clegg in The Sun
  Mr Clegg told the BBC: "It is just preposterous the idea that if a party comes third in the number of votes, it still has somehow the right to carry on squatting in No10. I think a party which has come third - and so millions of people have decided...
• Larry Lucchino in International Herald Tribune
  I assure you that the notion that this is a primarily defensive maneuver is preposterous,said Lucchino. "51.1 million is obviously a historical number but we are talking about a national living treasure and an exceptional baseball player."