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      nonsense
      noun
      That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
      Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
      An untrue statement.
      Something foolish.
      (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
      (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
      verb
      To make nonsense of;
      To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
      (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time
      adjective
      Nonsensical.
      (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).
      Roots
      nonnon- · Latin · notsentio-sens · Latin · feel
      Synonyms for nonsense
      hokumnpoppycockntommyrotnamphigorynhogwashnbalderdashngalimatiasflapdoodlehooeynbullshitnmalarkeynguffndrivelnclaptrapntrumperynbaloneynpifflengibberishnblatherskitenbunkumnfolderolnblatherngobbledygooknsillinessnjabberwockyntomfoolerynfoolishnessncrapn
      Words related to nonsense
      nonsensicaladjtwaddlingntwaddlesncodswallopnfootlevhorseshitngimcrackerynmeaninglessnessnbollocksvblithervidiocynblabberingn

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      Where does nonsense come from?

      The word nonsense breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: non-, from Latin non (“not”); and -sens, from Latin sentio (“feel”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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