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nonsense

non·sense [ nón sènss, nónssənss ]


noun  (plural non·senses)
Definition:
 
1. meaningless language or behavior: pointless or meaningless language or behavior
You're talking utter nonsense.

2. irritating behavior: disrespectful, obnoxious, or irritating behavior
the kind of judge who won't stand for any nonsense from lawyers

3. poetry 
Same as  nonsense verse


4. genetics DNA section producing no amino acid: a set of three nucleotides codon in a DNA molecule that does not code for any amino acid. Codons are believed to signal the beginning and end of the synthesis of some protein molecules.



interjection 
Definition:
 
expression of contradiction: used to contradict what somebody has said or written

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