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Meanings of nonsense in English

Portuguese
disparate
Catalan
despropòsit
Spanish
disparate

A message that seems to convey no meaning.

        disparate
        Russian
        нонсенс
        Portuguese
        nonsense
        Spanish
        nonsense
        Catalan
        sense sentit

        Communication that lacks any coherent meaning.

            нонсенс

            Ornamental objects of no great value.

                Having no intelligible meaning.

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                      Usage of nonsense in English
                      1
                      Her intuitive capacity was impressive, along with her no-nonsense approach to conflict.
                      Map of bones
                      2
                      Meanwhile, Glynnis Breytenbach brings her no-nonsense approach to the Shadow Justice Ministry.
                      The South African
                      3
                      This is all the greatest nonsense I ever heard in the world.
                      The Prime Minister
                      4
                      Of course what she said was the greatest nonsense in the world.
                      The Eustace Diamonds
                      5
                      It is all nonsense, of course; just foolish talk of the villagers.
                      Dear Brutus
                      6
                      Of course that was the end of any nonsense in that direction.
                      By the Christmas Fire
                      7
                      The idea of her being forcibly abducted is all stuff and nonsense.
                      The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
                      8
                      To the ears of Antipholus of Ephesus this talk was simple nonsense.
                      Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
                      9
                      In one point, he says: Your fear of the Indians is nonsense.
                      The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18...
                      10
                      But of course that was nonsense; it would only make him sick.
                      The Damnation of Theron Ware
                      11
                      There is no such thing; it is nonsense to talk of chance.
                      The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
                      12
                      There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality.
                      The Duke's Children
                      13
                      The thought that had half formed in my brain immediately became nonsense.
                      Widdershins
                      14
                      That idea as to the greater number of women is all nonsense.
                      The Eustace Diamonds
                      15
                      Of course the child's mother wishes it; but it is all nonsense.
                      Christie Redfern's Troubles
                      16
                      Or she liked him for his acting and nonsense; nor she only.
                      The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
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