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Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. / An untrue statement.

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nonsense

noun

He was talking complete nonsense.

意味（1）

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.

意味（2）

An untrue statement.

He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.

意味（3）

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

意味（4）

Something foolish.

and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.

意味（5）

(literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

意味（6）

(biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.