Collocations withnonsense
These are words often used in combination withnonsense.
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absolute nonsense
This is an absolute nonsense, and the labelling is designed to fool the consumers.
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a lot of nonsense
The time factor is a lot of nonsense.
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complete nonsense
Nevertheless, speaking with a heavy accent is preferable to talking complete nonsense, and what really matters is that the language is meaningful in terms of influencing behaviour.
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just nonsense
To say that everybody can have what they want for nothing, is just nonsense.
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kind of nonsense
We cannot afford that kind of nonsense.
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load of nonsense
The idea that at the moment schools operate in an atmosphre of political neutrality is a load of nonsense.
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nonsense mutation
Homozygosity for an enzyme-inactivating nonsense mutation commonly correlates with the nonsecretor phenotype.
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patent nonsense
In the water industry, that is patent nonsense.
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plain nonsense
To say that this is accusing the chairman of telling lies is plain nonsense.
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pure nonsense
Without this assumption, we would dismiss these forms of expression as pure nonsense.
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ridiculous nonsense
All this talk of being able to buy elsewhere, because of the difficulty in exchange, is ridiculous nonsense.
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sheer nonsense
Is it not sheer nonsense to keep on this bit of red tape?
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sort of nonsense
Let us immediately sweep away this sort of nonsense, which even tourist offices and travel agents no longer try to dispense.
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total nonsense
I consider all the elaborate games to recover power secretly as total nonsense.
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utter nonsense
They are typically adverbs, as in very hot, really interesting, greatly appreciate or completely absurd, but adjectives may also fulfil this function, as in utter nonsense.
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