noun🔗ShareLetters 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."languagelinguisticswordwritingcommunicationphilosophylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn untrue statement."My neighbor's claim that the dog ate his homework is complete nonsense. "statementlanguagecommunicationwordwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense."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. "languagephilosophylogicmindcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSomething foolish."What he said about cats talking was complete nonsense. "attitudelanguagephilosophylogicwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear."The teacher read a piece of nonsense poetry to the class, full of unusual animals and strange rhyming patterns. "literaturestylelanguagewritingartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing."The genetic test revealed that the child's inability to process a certain enzyme was due to nonsense in a critical gene. "medicinebiologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make nonsense of;"The new employee's instructions completely nonsensed the entire project schedule. "languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny."The manager tried to nonsense the employee's concerns about low pay, claiming they were just complaining. "attitudecommunicationlanguagemindphilosophyvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo joke around, to waste time""The students were supposed to be working on their project, but instead they were just nonsensing and drawing silly pictures." "entertainmentactiontimelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareResulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid)."The nonsense mutation in the gene caused the protein to be much shorter than normal. "biologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNonsensical"The student's answer on the test was completely nonsensical and didn't relate to the question at all. "languagecommunicationphilosophylogicmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗ShareAn emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.""Nonsense!" exclaimed Maria, shaking her head. "You can't possibly expect me to finish this report by tonight." "languagecommunicationexclamationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
