a lot of garbage/nonsense
noun phrase
informal
: something very foolish
I think their ideas are a lot of garbage/nonsense.
Examples of a lot of garbage/nonsense in a Sentence
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Not a lot of garbage time available to bloody rookies.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
That there’s basically a lot of nonsense that was cobbled together for the story, and the only thing saving Inside Man from being a complete failure is the performances.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022
Well, this is a conservative activist who went pretty far down the rabbit hole of conspiratorial thinking and apocalyptic thinking, and was encouraged by then President Trump to believe a lot of nonsense about what had happened in the 2020 election.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2022
Oh, there’s a lot of nonsense that gets passed around at the table.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Oct. 2020
The voting public is always asked to put up with a lot of nonsense during campaigns.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
Nobody likes seeing trash in our parks and green spaces, but places that get a lot of visitation often get a lot of garbage too.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
My thinking: The Lions are going to be terrible, so there will be a lot of garbage time points to be had.
—Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2021
That should lead to plenty of passes, and a lot of garbage yardage against soft defenses.
—J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
That there’s basically a lot of nonsense that was cobbled together for the story, and the only thing saving Inside Man from being a complete failure is the performances.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022
Well, this is a conservative activist who went pretty far down the rabbit hole of conspiratorial thinking and apocalyptic thinking, and was encouraged by then President Trump to believe a lot of nonsense about what had happened in the 2020 election.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2022
Oh, there’s a lot of nonsense that gets passed around at the table.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Oct. 2020
The voting public is always asked to put up with a lot of nonsense during campaigns.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
Nobody likes seeing trash in our parks and green spaces, but places that get a lot of visitation often get a lot of garbage too.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
My thinking: The Lions are going to be terrible, so there will be a lot of garbage time points to be had.
—Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2021
That should lead to plenty of passes, and a lot of garbage yardage against soft defenses.
—J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
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