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nonsensical

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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·sen·si·cal   (nŏn-sěn'sĭ-kəl)   
adj.  

  1. Lacking intelligible meaning: a nonsensical jumble of words.

  2. Foolish; absurd: nonsensical ideas.

non·sen'si·cal'i·ty (-kāl'ĭ-tē), non·sen'si·cal·ness (-kəl-nĭs) n., non·sen'si·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

nonsense 
1614, from non- + sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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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