pure nonsense

collocation in English

meaningsofpureandnonsense

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pure
adjective
uk
/pjʊər/us
/pjʊr/
not mixed 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 ofpureandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpure nonsense

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Without this assumption, we would dismiss these forms of expression aspurenonsense.
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I submit, with great respect, that that ispurenonsense.
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It seems to me that it will makepurenonsenseof it.
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It ispurenonsenseto suggest that such a course would prejudice the case.
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I have already pointed out that the proposition that the difference in rates of wages had anything to do with it ispurenonsense.
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To suggest that we are not increasing resources for museums and galleries ispurenonsense.
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You presented a figure of minus 2.77%, but that ispurenonsenseto the national parliaments that are unfamiliar with this.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That ispurenonsense, for which there is not a shadown of foundation.
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It ispurenonsensein respect to the matter which is now raised.
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The statement seems to me to bepurenonsense.
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But to keep the doctrine of legitimacy and draw the line here is crazy—purenonsense.
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That was, and continues to be,purenonsense.
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I think that the talk about extending our responsibilities ispurenonsense.
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To offer the explanation that these artistes are on a week's leave ispurenonsense.
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It seemspurenonsenseto pay somebody merely to stop government going on.
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To drag, once again, the question of ownership into an argument about growth and economics, as if it were a vital point, ispurenonsense.
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It sounds grand stuff to anybody who knows nothing about the industry, but it ispurenonsenseto anybody who does.
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It ispurenonsenseto say that one should never tackle a matter unless one reforms it altogether.
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So far as that sort of arrangement is concerned it ispurenonsense, and nothing else, to pretend that there is any difficulty at all.
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The quality of the debate today is at a level not of the sixth form but of the fifth form—purenonsense.
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