utter nonsense

collocation in English

meaningsofutterandnonsense

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utter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.ər/us
/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/
complete ...
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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 ofutterandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutter nonsense

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They are typically adverbs, as in very hot, really interesting, greatly appreciate or completely absurd, but adjectives may also fulfil this function, as inutternonsense.
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I can just accept terms such asutternonsenseor similar interpretations, but not the word 'demagogical' for my statement!
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I say that this isutternonsenseand absolute rubbish.
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Those reports this morning were complete andutternonsense.
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It isutternonsenseto say that somehow the safety of the railways has been prejudiced by privatisation.
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This shows the complete andutternonsenseof what is being done in this legislation.
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Accountability is not in the ownership of democracy and it isutternonsenseto say that it is.
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It seems to me all wrong, farcical, absurd, just anutternonsense.
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If there are more than that, it becomes so complex that it isutternonsense.
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This immediately reveals asutternonsensethe space allowance that we read about here.
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That is really completely untrue and isutternonsense.
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In this rapidly evolving technological era — nowhere more so than in an extractive industry such as coal—such a claim isutternonsense.
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How anybody could believe that someone would intentionally wish to go to that settlement is, to me,utternonsense.
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For a firm with many factories with varying processes, this positively hampers and sometimes makes anutternonsenseof productivity agreements.
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To suggest that we do not need this kind of thing isutternonsense.
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I have got to put it like that to show theutternonsenseof such an argument.
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Frankly, that is the mostutternonsenseto anybody who knows the rural areas.
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It isutternonsenseto suggest that hooliganism is the biggest contributory factor.
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