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nonsense

/ˈnɒnsəns/ /ˈnɑnsɛns/

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noun

Unsinn, Blödsinn

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

Examples :

"After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."

Nachdem mein Vater einen Schlaganfall erlitten hatte, klang es jedes Mal, wenn er versuchte zu sprechen, wie Unsinn.

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noun

Unsinn, Blödsinn

An untrue statement.

Examples :

"My neighbor's claim that the dog ate his homework is complete nonsense. "

Die Behauptung meines Nachbarn, der Hund habe seine Hausaufgaben gefressen, ist völliger Unsinn.

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noun

Unsinn, Blödsinn

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

Examples :

"My uncle's explanation about why the washing machine was broken was complete nonsense; it didn't explain anything and made no sense at all. "

Die Erklärung meines Onkels, warum die Waschmaschine kaputt war, war totaler Blödsinn; sie erklärte nichts und ergab überhaupt keinen Sinn.

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noun

Unsinn, Blödsinn

Something foolish.

Examples :

"What he said about cats talking was complete nonsense. "

Was er über sprechende Katzen sagte, war völliger Unsinn.

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noun

Unsinn, Blödsinn

A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

Examples :

"The teacher read a piece of nonsense poetry to the class, full of unusual animals and strange rhyming patterns. "

Der Lehrer las der Klasse ein Stück Unsinn-Poesie vor, voller ungewöhnlicher Tiere und seltsamer Reimschemata.

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noun

Unsinn, Blödsinn

A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Examples :

"The genetic test revealed that the child's inability to process a certain enzyme was due to nonsense in a critical gene. "

Der Gentest ergab, dass die Unfähigkeit des Kindes, ein bestimmtes Enzym zu verarbeiten, auf Unsinn in einem kritischen Gen zurückzuführen war.

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verb

Unsinn machen, verunglimpfen

To make nonsense of;

Examples :

"The new employee's instructions completely nonsensed the entire project schedule. "

Die Anweisungen des neuen Mitarbeiters machten den gesamten Projektplan zunichte.

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verb

als Unsinn abtun, ignorieren, verharmlosen

To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

Examples :

"The manager tried to nonsense the employee's concerns about low pay, claiming they were just complaining. "

Der Manager versuchte, die Bedenken des Mitarbeiters hinsichtlich der niedrigen Bezahlung als Unsinn abzutun und behauptete, sie würden sich nur beschweren.

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verb

Unsinn reden, albern sein

To joke around, to waste time

Examples :

""The students were supposed to be working on their project, but instead they were just nonsensing and drawing silly pictures." "

Die Schüler sollten an ihrem Projekt arbeiten, aber stattdessen redeten sie nur Unsinn und malten alberne Bilder.

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adjective

Unsinnig

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

Examples :

"The nonsense mutation in the gene caused the protein to be much shorter than normal. "

Die unsinnige Mutation in dem Gen führte dazu, dass das Protein viel kürzer als normal war.

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adjective

Unsinnig, sinnlos

Examples :

"The student's answer on the test was completely nonsensical and didn't relate to the question at all. "

Die Antwort des Schülers auf die Prüfung war völlig unsinnig und bezog sich überhaupt nicht auf die Frage.

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interjection

Quatsch, Unsinn

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

Examples :

""Nonsense!" exclaimed Maria, shaking her head. "You can't possibly expect me to finish this report by tonight." "

Quatsch!", rief Maria und schüttelte den Kopf. „Du kannst doch unmöglich erwarten, dass ich diesen Bericht bis heute Abend fertigstelle.“

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