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nonsense

/ˈnɑn.sɛns/ noun B1
  1. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. (uncountable) · After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.
  2. An untrue statement. (uncountable)
  3. That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense. (uncountable)
  4. Something foolish. (uncountable)
  5. A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear. (uncountable)
  6. A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing. (uncountable)

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“Nonsense!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 40 · C1
“Man, it would be absolute nonsense if it wasn’t that anything else is even worse!” cried MacDonald.
The Valley of Fear, p. 43 · C1
And talking nonsense all the time--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
“Nonsense,” said Marilla, vexed at herself for having made the child cry.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 81 · C1

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