quixotic in the PONS Dictionary

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Dai has a quixotic style of sudden asides in her writing, which may occasionally confuse the reader.
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So certain pilots were dispatched on a number of dangerous or quixotic missions.
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Her quixotic character, pugnacity, ambition and daring plus her feminist pioneering meant that she was both admired and detested in equal measure.
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He had sensed the futility that had engulfed this quixotic group and the no-win situation they were in.
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They are often mocked in popular culture for thinking too much, being quixotic, or coming across as pretentiously averse to happiness and fun.
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His five-piece band are brilliant, as they would need to be to cope with his wayward phrasing and quixotic sense of rhythm.
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During many summer weeks, the life of the depressive, intellectual, quixotic protagonist is destroyed step by step.
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What is it about this quixotic rebel and libertine that so fascinates us?
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His quixotic bid became something of a social media curiosity.
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But, for now at least, it may be the most effective deterrent to our own tragic and quixotic fools of imperialism.
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