sheer nonsense

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandnonsense

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sheer
adjective
uk
/ʃɪər/us
/ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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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 ofsheerandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer nonsense

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Is it notsheernonsenseto keep on this bit of red tape?
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To put the matter quite shortly, it issheernonsense.
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It issheernonsenseto talk like that.
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To say that the land can be put back to its previous condition issheernonsense.
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To suppose that this will resolve the tax anxieties of many widows and single women aged between 60 and 65 issheernonsense.
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This, of course, issheernonsense, as every housewife of every class knows.
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To suggest that we do our business behind closed doors, and that the industrialist is afraid of victimisation, is justsheernonsense.
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It issheernonsenseto say that there are not hundreds, even thousands, of controls that can be done away with without causing hardship.
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To speak of this being an impartial inquiry issheernonsense.
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That comparison issheernonsense—there is no other word for it.
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It issheernonsenseto talk about these men being revolutionaries and wanting to upset the settled order of things.
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It issheernonsenseto say that we cannot get anyone.
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In matters of health, this has proved to besheernonsenseduring the past 20 years.
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All the talk about roads being sufficiently high issheernonsense.
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So to tell the country that all is well because only the long-standing patients are experiencing delay in receiving treatment issheernonsense.
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Really, with great respect this issheernonsense.
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Surely, it issheernonsenseto say that we cannot deal with the question of equal pay because it would wreck the whole economy.
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The proposals for municipal bus factories aresheernonsense.
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I regard that assheernonsense, for what is needed above everything else is central direction in agricultural policy, with drive and energy.
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It issheernonsenseto say that you will avoid publicity.
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