nuisance

/ˈnusəns/ noun B2

A minor annoyance or inconvenience. (countable, uncountable) · The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.· What a nuisance to have to go now!
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience. (countable, uncountable) · You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists. (countable, uncountable) · a public nuisance

Plural nuisances

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He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.

Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 13 · B2

Conversely, a significant portion of the population regards these creatures as a profound nuisance.

Urban Foxes: Thriving in the Concrete Jungle, p. 1 · C1

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