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as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
told the little brat to stop his mischievous nonsense and start behaving properly the discussion about building a time machine was complete nonsense a hundred years ago, the idea that man could walk on the moon was regarded as impractical nonsense
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as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
when you talk with your mouth full of food, everything just comes out as nonsense
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Recent Examples of nonsense
Not only is that nonsense, but Israel took this into account.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
The dam breaks, and Regina splits into laughter at Jobim’s deadpan devolution into nonsense.
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Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
13 June 2026
To be fair, the nonsense chorus never sat well with the song's co-composer either.
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Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
Yet more arrant nonsense, coming from someone who has repeatedly been cited for spreading vaccine misinformation.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
The dam breaks, and Regina splits into laughter at Jobim’s deadpan devolution into nonsense.
—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
13 June 2026
To be fair, the nonsense chorus never sat well with the song's co-composer either.
—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
Yet more arrant nonsense, coming from someone who has repeatedly been cited for spreading vaccine misinformation.
—
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for nonsense
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonsense
Noun
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Decomposing food can release hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas synonymous with landfills and garbage.
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Epidemics, worsened by the unsanitary conditions caused by the mountains of garbage the government has stopped collecting, combine with the shortage of medicines and the dire state of medical facilities.
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
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The silliness of that aspect of the story is baked into this interpretation, with several very meta acknowledgments.
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No, no jersey burnings or any of that silliness in the wake of Antetokounmpo working his way out of Milwaukee.
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Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.
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So where does the rubbish come from?
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.
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In the last year or two, there was chatter and debate whether Messi would actually be selected to join the national team again.
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If circumstances had gone Spain’s way with more clinical finishing or a Cape Verde defender making a mistake, then the result would have been different and a lot of the chatter currently happening (including here) would likely not be happening.
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Her lab has found even modest additions to the diet — a handful of nuts or an avocado — can enrich certain beneficial bacteria over the course of a few weeks.
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Including foods like avocado, olive oil, nuts, or seeds can make your meal more satisfying and may also stimulate digestion.
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With its collaborations now stretching to Japan, via Nintendo, a globalization defines Illumination — fitting given the international word salad gibberish of the Minions.
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On Saturday Night Live, host Will Ferrell and musical guest Paul McCartney played a couple of gibberish-speaking mechanics who end up taking some naive car owners for a ride.
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“Nonsense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsense. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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