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nonsense

/ˈnɒnsəns/ /ˈnɑnsɛns/

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noun

Absurdités, bêtises

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."

Après que mon père a eu un accident vasculaire cérébral, chaque fois qu'il essayait de parler, cela ressemblait à des bêtises.

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noun

Absurdité, non-sens

An untrue statement.

Examples :

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

L'affirmation de mon voisin selon laquelle le chien a mangé ses devoirs est un non-sens complet.

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noun

Absurdité, non-sens

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. "

L'explication de mon oncle sur les raisons pour lesquelles la machine à laver était en panne était complètement absurde ; elle n'expliquait rien et n'avait aucun sens.

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noun

Absurdité, bêtise

Something foolish.

Examples :

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

Ce qu'il a dit sur les chats qui parlent était complètement absurde.

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noun

Non-sens, absurdités

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. "

Le professeur a lu à la classe un poème absurde, rempli d'animaux inhabituels et de schémas de rimes étranges.

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noun

Séquence d'ADN non fonctionnelle

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. "

Le test génétique a révélé que l'incapacité de l'enfant à traiter une certaine enzyme était due à une séquence d'ADN non fonctionnelle dans un gène critique.

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verb

Rendre absurde, dénigrer

To make nonsense of;

Examples :

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

Les instructions du nouvel employé ont complètement rendu absurde l'échéancier du projet.

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verb

Traiter de bêtises, ignorer, minimiser l'importance de

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. "

Le directeur a essayé de traiter les préoccupations de l'employé concernant les bas salaires comme des bêtises, affirmant qu'ils se plaignaient juste.

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verb

Dire des bêtises, plaisanter

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." "

Les élèves étaient censés travailler sur leur projet, mais au lieu de cela, ils disaient des bêtises et dessinaient des images stupides.

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adjective

Absurde

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. "

La mutation absurde dans le gène a entraîné une protéine beaucoup plus courte que la normale.

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adjective

Absurde, insensé

Examples :

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

La réponse de l'élève au test était complètement absurde et n'avait aucun rapport avec la question.

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interjection

N'importe quoi, balivernes

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." "

N'importe quoi !", s'exclama Maria, secouant la tête. « Tu ne peux absolument pas t'attendre à ce que je finisse ce rapport pour ce soir. »

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