Sekirov Dictionary

nonsense

UK /ˈnɒn.səns/US /ˈnɑn.sɛns/

noun 6
verb 3
adjective 2
exclamation 1
forms 5

noun6

silly words, ideas or behavior that have no meaning or good reason
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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.
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Something foolish.
- and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up. — 2008
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An untrue statement.
- While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god. — 2022
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.

verb3

To make nonsense of;
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To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
- "They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded." — 1997
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To joke around, to waste time
- When he meant "go and get one" he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about "liking" to get one. — 1963

adjective2

Nonsensical.
Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

exclamation1

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

forms

nonsensed · nonsensing · nonsenses · more nonsense · most nonsense

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