# nonsense
## English
### Alternative forms

* nonsence (archaic)
* non-sense

### Etymology

From non- (“no, none, lack of”) +‎ sense, from c. 1610. Compare the semantically similar West Frisian ûnsin (“nonsense”), Dutch onzin (“nonsense”), German Unsinn (“nonsense”), English unsense (“nonsense”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnɒn.səns/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈnɑn.sɛns/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒnsɛns, -ɒnsəns
* Hyphenation: non‧sense

### Noun

nonsense (usually uncountable, plural nonsenses)
* 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.
* An untrue statement.
** 2022 April 13, “Man Gets Arrested Twice in One Day”, in Code Blue Cam:While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god.
* That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
* Something foolish.
** 2008 October 9, “Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse”, in Telegraph.co.uk:and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.
* (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.

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:nonsense
* (untrue statement): falsehood, lie, untruth, absurdity, rubbish, tosh
* (that which is silly, illogical): absurdity, silliness, contradiction, stupidity, unreasoning

#### Derived terms

* abstract nonsense
* diagnonsense
* non-nonsense
* no-nonsense
* nonsense-mediated decay
* nonsense mutation
* nonsense syndrome
* nonsense word
* nonsensical
* nonsensification
* nonsensify
* QAnonsense
* stuff and nonsense
* what nonsense

#### Collocations

* utter nonsense
* sheer nonsense
* complete nonsense
* absolute nonsense
* pure nonsense
* downright nonsense
* perfect nonsense
* silly nonsense
* superstitious nonsense
* romantic nonsense
* childish nonsense

#### Translations
### Verb

nonsense (third-person singular simple present nonsenses, present participle nonsensing, simple past and past participle nonsensed)
* To make nonsense of;
** a. 1909, Bernard Shaw, “The Red Robe”, in James Huneker, editor, Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw, volume 2, page 73:At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.
* To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.
    Synonyms: belittle, dismiss, pooh-pooh, rubbish
** 1997 June 3, “Rockies respond to whip”, in Denver Post:"They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."
** 2000, Leon Garfield, Jason Cockcroft, Jack Holborn, page 131:Very commanding: very much 'end of this nonsensing'. Mister Fared spread his hands and shook his thin head imperceptibly, as if to say he understood.
** 2006 March 17, “Sierra Leone: Petroleum Unit Calls for Auditing”, in AllAfrica.com:He further nonsensed press suggestions that the Petroleum Unit was set up to assist in the administration of sporting activities.
* (intransitive) To joke around, to waste time
** 1963, C. F. Griffin, The Impermanence of Heroes, page 170:When he meant "go and get one" he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about "liking" to get one.

### Adjective

nonsense (comparative more nonsense, superlative most nonsense)
* 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).

#### Translations
### Interjection

nonsense
* An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.
** 2023 January 11, Philip Haigh, “Comment: The worst chaos for 40 years”, in RAIL, number 974, page 4:The operators present this as a passenger benefit by claiming it provides early notice. Nonsense! This just means that passengers can't find any information about the train they thought they were catching. It simply disappears.

#### Translations
### See also

* missense
* non-sense

### Further reading

* “nonsense”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “nonsense”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “nonsense”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* “nonsense” (US) / “nonsense” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English nonsense.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnonsens/, [ˈno̞ns̠e̞ns̠]
* Rhymes: -onsens

### Noun

nonsense
* nonsense (type of poetry)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nonsense (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nonsenseni
nonsenseni
accusative
nom.
nonsenseni
nonsenseni
gen.
nonsenseni
genitive
nonsenseni
nonsensejeni nonsenseini $^{rare}$
partitive
nonsenseani
nonsensejani
inessive
nonsensessani
nonsenseissani
elative
nonsensestani
nonsenseistani
illative
nonsenseeni
nonsenseihini
adessive
nonsensellani
nonsenseillani
ablative
nonsenseltani
nonsenseiltani
allative
nonsenselleni
nonsenseilleni
essive
nonsensenani
nonsenseinani
translative
nonsensekseni
nonsenseikseni
abessive
nonsensettani
nonsenseittani
instructive
comitative
—nonsenseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nonsensesi
nonsensesi
accusative
nom.
nonsensesi
nonsensesi
gen.
nonsensesi
genitive
nonsensesi
nonsensejesi nonsenseisi $^{rare}$
partitive
nonsenseasi
nonsensejasi
inessive
nonsensessasi
nonsenseissasi
elative
nonsensestasi
nonsenseistasi
illative
nonsenseesi
nonsenseihisi
adessive
nonsensellasi
nonsenseillasi
ablative
nonsenseltasi
nonsenseiltasi
allative
nonsensellesi
nonsenseillesi
essive
nonsensenasi
nonsenseinasi
translative
nonsenseksesi
nonsenseiksesi
abessive
nonsensettasi
nonsenseittasi
instructive
comitative
—nonsenseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nonsensemme
nonsensemme
accusative
nom.
nonsensemme
nonsensemme
gen.
nonsensemme
genitive
nonsensemme
nonsensejemme nonsenseimme $^{rare}$
partitive
nonsenseamme
nonsensejamme
inessive
nonsensessamme
nonsenseissamme
elative
nonsensestamme
nonsenseistamme
illative
nonsenseemme
nonsenseihimme
adessive
nonsensellamme
nonsenseillamme
ablative
nonsenseltamme
nonsenseiltamme
allative
nonsensellemme
nonsenseillemme
essive
nonsensenamme
nonsenseinamme
translative
nonsenseksemme
nonsenseiksemme
abessive
nonsensettamme
nonsenseittamme
instructive
comitative
—nonsenseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nonsensenne
nonsensenne
accusative
nom.
nonsensenne
nonsensenne
gen.
nonsensenne
genitive
nonsensenne
nonsensejenne nonsenseinne $^{rare}$
partitive
nonsenseanne
nonsensejanne
inessive
nonsensessanne
nonsenseissanne
elative
nonsensestanne
nonsenseistanne
illative
nonsenseenne
nonsenseihinne
adessive
nonsensellanne
nonsenseillanne
ablative
nonsenseltanne
nonsenseiltanne
allative
nonsensellenne
nonsenseillenne
essive
nonsensenanne
nonsenseinanne
translative
nonsenseksenne
nonsenseiksenne
abessive
nonsensettanne
nonsenseittanne
instructive
comitative
—nonsenseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nonsensensa
nonsensensa
accusative
nom.
nonsensensa
nonsensensa
gen.
nonsensensa
genitive
nonsensensa
nonsensejensa nonsenseinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
nonsenseaan nonsenseansa
nonsensejaan nonsensejansa
inessive
nonsensessaan nonsensessansa
nonsenseissaan nonsenseissansa
elative
nonsensestaan nonsensestansa
nonsenseistaan nonsenseistansa
illative
nonsenseensa
nonsenseihinsa
adessive
nonsensellaan nonsensellansa
nonsenseillaan nonsenseillansa
ablative
nonsenseltaan nonsenseltansa
nonsenseiltaan nonsenseiltansa
allative
nonsenselleen nonsensellensa
nonsenseilleen nonsenseillensa
essive
nonsensenaan nonsensenansa
nonsenseinaan nonsenseinansa
translative
nonsensekseen nonsenseksensa
nonsenseikseen nonsenseiksensa
abessive
nonsensettaan nonsensettansa
nonsenseittaan nonsenseittansa
instructive
comitative
—nonsenseineen nonsenseinensa :

### Further reading

* “nonsense”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From English nonsense.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɒnsɛns/

### Noun

nonsense
* nonsense

#### Alternative forms

* nonsens