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Word nonsense
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈnɒnsns / NAmE / ˈnɑːnsens /
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  • reports that he has resigned are nonsense.
  • you're talking nonsense!
  • ‘i won't go.’ ‘nonsense! you must go!’
  • it's nonsense to say they don't care.
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nonsense

(noun)BrE / ˈnɒnsns / NAmE / ˈnɑːnsens /
  1. ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are ridiculous or not true
    • synonym rubbish
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rubbish_1
    • Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.
    • You're talking nonsense!
    • ‘I won't go.’ ‘Nonsense! You must go!’
    • It's nonsense to say they don't care.
    • The idea is an economic nonsense.
    • Ministers have dismissed the rumours of a bribery scandal as nonsense.
  2. silly or unacceptable behaviour
    • see also no-nonsense
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/no-nonsense
    • The new teacher won't stand for any nonsense.
    • I can't wait for this nonsense to end so that we can all be friends again.
  3. spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense
    • a book of children’s nonsense poems
    • Most of the translation he did for me was complete nonsense.
  4. to reduce the value of something by a lot; to make something seem ridiculous
    • If people can bribe police officers, it makes a complete nonsense of the legal system.
    • The unemployment figures make nonsense of talk of an economic recovery.
  5. used to describe something that is stupid or not true
  6. Extra Examples

    • I’m not going to stand any more of this nonsense.
    • Just stop this nonsense of refusing to talk to anybody.
    • Most of his theories are arrant nonsense.
    • People are talking a lot of nonsense about him being the new Michael Jordan.
    • This decision makes absolute nonsense of all our hard work.
    • What’s all this nonsense about you giving up your job?
    • You don’t believe that superstitious nonsense, do you?
    • ‘I heard he’s resigning.’ ‘That’s nonsense.’
    • ‘I won’t go.’ ‘Nonsense! You must go.’
    • How can you believe such nonsense?
    • It’s nonsense to say they don’t care.
    • The fact that police officers can be bribed makes a nonsense of the legal system.
    • The whole article seemed like complete nonsense to me.
    • You’re talking nonsense, as usual.
    • a book of nonsense poems
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