Nonsense

/ˈnɒn.səns/ · noun

Meaning

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning..

Definitions by Sense

1. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
2. An untrue statement.
3. That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
4. Something foolish.
5. (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
6. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
7. To make nonsense of;
8. To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

Example Sentences

After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.

You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever.

While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god.

and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.

At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.

"They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."

Very commanding: very much 'end of this nonsensing'. Mister Fared spread his hands and shook his thin head imperceptibly, as if to say he understood.

He further nonsensed press suggestions that the Petroleum Unit was set up to assist in the administration of sporting activities.

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Word Forms

• nonsenses
• nonsence
• non-sense
• nonsensing
• nonsensed
• more nonsense
• most nonsense

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