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Word: nonsense (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An untrue statement.
  • biology A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
  • Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
  • literature A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
  • Something foolish.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To joke around, to waste time
  • To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
  • To make nonsense of

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