nonsense
/ˈnɑn.sɛns/ noun B1- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. · After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.
- An untrue statement.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- Something foolish.
- A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
Plural nonsenses
From the library
“Nonsense!
“Man, it would be absolute nonsense if it wasn’t that anything else is even worse!” cried MacDonald.
And talking nonsense all the time--
“Nonsense,” said Marilla, vexed at herself for having made the child cry.
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