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make a nonsense of something Definition


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nonsense
noun
    1. Words or ideas that do not make sense.
      Thesaurus: balderdash, drivel, trash, inanity, senselessness, palaver, idle chatter, prattle, rant, bombast, claptrap, rubbish, absurdity, bilge, folly, hogwash; Antonym: sense, reason.
    2. Foolishness; silly behaviour.
exclamation
    1. You're quite wrong.
Idiom: make a nonsense of something
    To destroy the effect of it; to make it pointless.
Etymology: 17c.



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