nonsense

English

/ˈnɑnsɛns/, /ˈnɒnsəns/

noun
Definitions
  • Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
  • An untrue statement.
  • That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
  • Something foolish.
  • (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by .
  • (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

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Affix from English sense.

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