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Nonsense

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Noun

1. bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality

a message that seems to convey no meaning

2. falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery

ornamental objects of no great value

Adjective

3. nonsense, nonsensical

having no intelligible meaning

Example Sentences:
'nonsense syllables'
'a nonsensical jumble of words'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nonsense

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noun
1. 
something that has or makes no sense; unintelligible language; drivel
2. 
conduct or action that is absurd
3. 
foolish or evasive behaviour or manners
she'll stand no nonsense
4.  no-nonsense
5. 
things of little or no value or importance; trash
exclamation
6. 
an exclamation of disagreement

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Nonsense

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noun
1. 
words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all
2. 
things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities
3. 
impudent, foolish, or evasive behavior
adjective
4. 
designating or of syllables or words constructed of sounds or symbols arranged arbitrarily so as to have no meaning
5. 
of or designating verse, poetry, or other literary composition consisting of words or syllables that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all
interjection
6. 
how foolish; how absurd
an exclamation of impatience, contradiction, contempt, etc.

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Nonsense

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n.
1. Words or signs having no intelligible meaning: a message that was nonsense until decoded.
2. Subject matter, behavior, or language that is foolish or absurd.
3. Extravagant foolishness or frivolity: a clown's exuberant nonsense.
4. Matter of little or no importance or usefulness: a chatty letter full of gossip and nonsense.
5. Insolent talk or behavior; impudence: wouldn't take any nonsense from the children.
adj.
Genetics Of or relating to a mutation in a structural gene that changes a nucleotide triplet into a stop codon, thus prematurely terminating the polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.
interj.
Used to express disagreement or exasperation.

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