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nonsense

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1. nonsense - Noun

2. nonsense - Adjective

3. nonsense - Verb

4. nonsense - Interjection

5. nonsense - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

Trifles; things of no importance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense. Vladimir Nabokov

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. John Kenneth Galbraith

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Roald Dahl

He who talks incessantly talks nonsense. Ivorian Proverb

He who talks continuously, talks nonsense. African Proverb

He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense. African Proverb

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