nonsense

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Synonyms: consense, nonsinse, non-sense, nondense, nonsence, condense, insense, nonene, naansense, nonsane, nonsenses

Antonyms: consense, nonsinse, non-sense, nondense, nonsence, condense, insense, nonene, naansense, nonsane, nonsenses

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Noun

1. Letters or words, in [[writing]] or [[speech]], that have no [[meaning]] or [[pattern]] or seem to have no meaning.
2. An [[untrue]] statement.
3. That which is silly, [[illogical]] and lacks any meaning, [[reason]] or value; that which does not make [[sense]].
4. Something foolish.
5. {{lb|en|literature}} A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by {{w|Edward Lear}}.
6. {{lb|en|biology}} A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Verb

1. To make nonsense of;
2. To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To joke around, to waste time

Adjective

1. [[nonsensical|Nonsensical]].
2. {{lb|en|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).

Interjection

1. {{non-gloss|An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.}}

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