plain nonsense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplainandnonsense
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plain
adjective
uk/pleɪn/us/pleɪn/
not decorated in any way; with ...
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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 ofplainandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofplain nonsense
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To say that this is accusing the chairman of telling lies isplainnonsense.
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Of course the facts show that that line of argument isplainnonsense.
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It is justplainnonsenseto say that they have no right to make representations.
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The thing isplainnonsense, and nonsense will not last in the long run.
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Yet it is upon the face of itplainnonsense—nonsense to which we have become so used that our critical faculties have ceased to operate.
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Twelve months is justplainnonsense; no one can begin to prepare an estate in twelve months.
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This state of affairs must beplainnonsenseat a time when we are short of labour and every type of trained skill.
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That is not what we call stability; it is justplainnonsense.
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It isplainnonsense, with no merit whatever.
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It isplainnonsenseto suggest that this can be regarded in respect of violence as six of one and half dozen of the other.
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The concept of national service as a panacea for social ills isplainnonsense.
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To claim that students are a completely different group from future graduates isplainnonsense.
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This is absoluteplainnonsense.
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To say that there is some simple economic strategy that can suddenly be deployed, which will give those kids worthwhile employment for the remainder of their lives, isplainnonsense.
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It isplainnonsenseto assert, as it was asserted last year, that prison escapes are part of the price which must be paid for more enlightened penal policies.
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Clearly that isplainnonsense.
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