total nonsense

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandnonsense

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I consider all the elaborate games to recover power secretly astotalnonsense.
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It istotalnonsenseto suggest that that was ever in question.
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This is atotalnonsense; it will never be used.
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Many who take these courses have been alarmed by what they have been told will happen: it is alltotalnonsense.
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The £1 level is atotalnonsenseas it is eaten away by inflation, even in these days of low inflation.
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They cannot be worked out without making atotalnonsense.
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That seems to me to be atotalnonsense.
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So much for being in the driving seat—that istotalnonsense.
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That would be to maketotalnonsenseof all the financial forecasts.
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Again, as with the poll tax, it will be a total catastrophe and atotalnonsense.
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It is absolutely preposterous andtotalnonsenseto suggest that there would not be such an effect.
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He referred to 165 incinerators, but he knows that that figure istotalnonsense.
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They accuse us of dirigiste tendencies in advocating them, but that istotalnonsense.
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Writing off assets over 25 years is atotalnonsense, and puts this country at a grave disadvantage with our competitors.
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I have checked on this and find that it istotalnonsense.
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The audibility argument on the transcription service is atotalnonsense.
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I recognise such an argument for thetotalnonsenseit is.
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I think that this is atotalnonsense.
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But the idea of a single date five years away is atotalnonsense.
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The first part is totally cancelled out by the second and the second part makestotalnonsenseof the first.
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