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non⋅sense

  [non-sens, -suhns]
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–noun
1. words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
2. conduct, action, etc., that is senseless, foolish, or absurd: to have tolerated enough nonsense.
3. impudent, insubordinate, or otherwise objectionable behavior: He doesn't have to take that nonsense from you.
4. something absurd or fatuous: the utter nonsense of such a suggestion.
5. anything of trifling importance or of little or no use.
6. Genetics. a DNA sequence that does not code for an amino acid and is not transcribed (distinguished from sense ).
Origin:
1605–15; non- + sense

Related forms:
non⋅sen⋅si⋅cal  [non-sen-si-kuhl] , adjective
non⋅sen⋅si⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
non⋅sen⋅si⋅cal⋅ness, non⋅sen⋅si⋅cal⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. twaddle, balderdash, moonshine, absurdity.
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non·sense   (nŏn'sěns', -səns)   
n.  
  1. Words or signs having no intelligible meaning: a message that was nonsense until decoded.
  2. Subject matter, behavior, or language that is foolish or absurd.
  3. Extravagant foolishness or frivolity: a clown's exuberant nonsense.
  4. Matter of little or no importance or usefulness: a chatty letter full of gossip and nonsense.
  5. Insolent talk or behavior; impudence: wouldn't take any nonsense from the children.
adj.  Genetics Of or relating to a mutation in a structural gene that changes a nucleotide triplet into a stop codon, thus prematurely terminating the polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.
interj.  Used to express disagreement or exasperation.
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Nonsense

Non"sense\, n. [Pref. non- + sense: cf. F. nonsens.]

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

2. Trifles; things of no importance.

Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, but especially certain words which it is desired to recollect, and arranging them without reference to anything but the measure, so that the rhythm of the lines may aid in recalling the remembrance of the words.

Syn: Folly; silliness; absurdity; trash; balderdash.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : nonsense
Spanish: tontería, disparate, bobada,
German: der Unsinn,
Japanese: ばかげたこと
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nonsense 
1614, from non- + sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1non·sense
Pronunciation: 'nän-"sen(t)s, 'nän(t)-s&n(t)s
Function: noun
: genetic information consisting of oneor more codons that do not code for any amino acid and usually cause termination of the molecular chain in protein synthesis —compare ANTISENSE, MISSENSE

Main Entry: 2nonsense
Function: adjective
: consisting of one or more codons that are genetic nonsense <nonsense mutations>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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nonsense   (nŏn'sěns')  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to a mutation in a structural gene that changes a nucleotide triplet into a stop codon, thus prematurely terminating the polypeptide chain during protein synthesis. See more at point mutation.
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nonsense

see stuff and nonsense.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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