nonsense

== English == === Alternative forms === nonsence (archaic) non-sense === Etymology === From non- (“no, none, lack of”) +‎ sense, from c. 1610. Compare the semantically similar West Frisian ûnsin (“nonsense”), Dutch onzin (“nonsense”), German Unsinn (“nonsense”), English unsense (“nonsense”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒn.səns/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈnɑn.sɛns/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈnɔn.səns/ Hyphenation: non‧sense Rhymes: -ɒnsɛns, -ɒnsəns === Noun === nonsense (usually uncountable, plural nonsenses) 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 Edward Lear. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:nonsense (untrue statement): falsehood, lie, untruth, absurdity, rubbish, tosh (that which is silly, illogical): absurdity, silliness, contradiction, stupidity, unreasoning ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === nonsense (third-person singular simple present nonsenses, present participle nonsensing, simple past and past participle nonsensed) To make nonsense of; To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny. Synonyms: belittle, dismiss, pooh-pooh, rubbish (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time === Adjective === nonsense (comparative more nonsense, superlative most nonsense) Nonsensical. (biochemistry) Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid). ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === nonsense An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with. ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === “nonsense”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “nonsense”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “nonsense”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “nonsense” (US) / “nonsense” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. == Finnish == === Etymology === From English nonsense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnonsens/, [ˈno̞ns̠e̞ns̠] Rhymes: -onsens === Noun === nonsense nonsense (type of poetry) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “nonsense”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From English nonsense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɒnsɛns/ === Noun === nonsense nonsense ==== Alternative forms ==== nonsens