patent nonsense

collocation in English

meaningsofpatentandnonsense

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patent
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.tənt/us
/ˈpæt.ənt/
formal
very ...
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nonsense
noun
uk
/ˈnɒn.səns/us
/ˈnɑːn.sens/
an idea, something said or written, or behaviour that is silly ...
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(Definition ofpatentandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the water industry, that ispatentnonsense.
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I am afraid that that ispatentnonsense.
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That ispatentnonsenseif one looks at the specific crimes.
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The idea of a calculated policy of trying to enter the country through marriage ispatentnonsense.
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However, to pretend that rates are a major cost or to pretend that they are a major cause of unemployment ispatentnonsense.
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It has always seemed to bepatentnonsensethat if you are over 65 you have no intelligence and therefore cannot sit on a jury.
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That appears to me to bepatentnonsense.
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Even more importantly, it ispatentnonsenseto be planning for a significant reduction in standards.
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The idea that imprisonment for 20 or 30 years is a soft option ispatentnonsense.
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The idea that it is possible for a court to certify the extent of the incompatibility ispatentnonsense—forgive me for putting it so brutally.
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I regard the tie-up rule aspatentnonsense.
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The more the debate proceeds, the more this theory is seen to be thepatentnonsensethat it obviously is.
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Privatisation of management, as envisaged by clause 6, is not required to make some sense of thispatentnonsense.
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That has been shown to bepatentnonsense.
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It ispatentnonsenseto imply that we do not support the armed forces.
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That was apatentnonsenseat that time.
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That ispatentnonsenseand narrows the debate to a party argument instead of a constructive discussion.
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We all know that that calculation is apatentnonsense—the rate is now 1·12 dollars.
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Indeed, the doctrine of flexible response is nowpatentnonsense.
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