complete nonsense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompleteandnonsense
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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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 ofcompleteandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcomplete nonsense
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Nevertheless, speaking with a heavy accent is preferable to talkingcompletenonsense, and what really matters is that the language is meaningful in terms of influencing behaviour.
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It is alsocompletenonsense, in this context, to quote a few poor prisoners on whom some kind of tests are being carried out.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This iscompletenonsense, because we already have an adequate daily allowance to cover such costs.
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This should, of course, be the captain, otherwise this iscompletenonsense.
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A voluntary register iscompletenonsenseand will not result in increased transparency.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
To suggest that indirectly appointed members from each borough should carry out those functions is acompletenonsense.
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That wascompletenonsense, and they knew it.
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That seems to me to makecompletenonsenseof the whole of the financial proposals.
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To use that argument iscompletenonsense, because when one buys a ticket one certainly has an asset until the race has been completed.
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That would makecompletenonsenseof the close corporation provisions.
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I do not understand how they get this idea, which iscompletenonsense, but that appears to be where the problem lies.
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His speech was amusing, but of course it wascompletenonsense.
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Now, of course, it has been proved that that statement was acompletenonsense: the factory is going to be closed down.
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It is the worst of all worlds, andcompletenonsense.
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I say that the whole of that idea is acompletenonsense.
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This would makecompletenonsenseof all the principles of good planning.
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If he referred to me or my speech, he was talkingcompletenonsense.
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I must confess that to me that statement seems to becompletenonsense.
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The whole thing seems to makecompletenonsense.
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