NON SEQUITURS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

non sequiturs

noun

plural of non sequitur

as in remarks

a statement that is not connected in a logical or clear way to anything said before it We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog.

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Recent Examples of non sequiturs The show’s official description, par for the course for Li, is less of an indication of the show’s content than a series of non sequiturs. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The non sequiturs, or seeming non sequiturs (like Carol moonlighting as a baseball umpire despite having little knowledge of baseball) abound. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026 Brown kept getting sidetracked with tangents and non sequiturs, on topics both momentous and random. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026 These sequences can be beguilingly attractive, but their inclusions are complete non sequiturs — blink-and-you’ll-miss-it digressions toward a more engaging film. — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The Wednesday announcement by Sanrio’s Chinese subsidiary came just after French soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologized for remarks about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong that saw several Chinese sponsors cut ties with him.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Advertisement International sports brands and associations have also come under fire in China over remarks deemed politically offensive.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of remarks

Noun

Her posts across TikTok earned thousands of comments and likes, and a recent post to a Facebook page for Chicago-area brides earned almost 2,000 likes and was shared by dozens of brides-to-be offering to help.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The company said Cheerios and Ziploc receive hundreds of thousands of requests, comments and reactions annually about cereal packaging.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of comments

Noun

Dawson turned the feedback into a visual installation featuring hundreds of handwritten words on sticky notes representing the community's hopes and aspirations.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
The system learns from feedback, adjusting its actions to improve performance and achieve a target objective.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of feedback

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