nonsense
IPA: nˈɑnsɛns
noun
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- An untrue statement.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- Something foolish.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
verb
- To make nonsense of;
- To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
- (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time
adjective
- Nonsensical.
- (biochemistry) Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
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Examples of "nonsense" in Sentences
- Why bother voting for a democrat when this nonsense is allowed?
- To believe in nonsense is an unforgeable demonstration of loyalty.
- Devoting any tax dollars to this nonsense is a waste of time and money.
- I don't know what this nonsense is about them being only for thirtysomething men.
- Our police forces have absolutely no connection with each other, but the nonsense is the same.
- I'm wondering of some of this nonsense is airline-specific? joeposts replied to comment from Bryan C
- Putting a halt to this nonsense is akin to standing in front of an avalanche hoping to stop it dead in its tracks.
- She scolded her young mistress very often during the night for what she called nonsense; but was true to her, and worked hard for her.
- As someone said upthread, this nonsense is a function of the size of the organization rather than the “ownership”, though the availability seemingly bottomless public purse may well add a certain gay abandon to the wastefulness.
- They like to exhibit their conquest; they cannot dispense with attentions; they forget that the demonstration of any peculiar condition of things in society must make some one uncomfortable: the young ladies are uncomfortable because they are not equally happy; the young gentlemen detest what they call nonsense; the old think there is a time for all things.
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