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non‧sense S3
[uncountable]
[uncountable]1 ideas, opinions, statements etc that are not true or that seem very stupid [= rubbish British English] 
'I'm a prisoner in my own home.' 'Nonsense!'
stupid/untrue
'I'm a prisoner in my own home.' 'Nonsense!' be a nonsense British English The government's housing policy is a nonsense. By 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense.
The government's housing policy is a nonsense.By 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense.2 behaviour that is stupid and annoying :
annoying behaviour
not stand/put up with/take any nonsense (=not accept such behaviour) She won't stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.
She won't stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.3 speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood : Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.
without meaning
Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.4 to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective : Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year's elections.
make (a) nonsense of something
British EnglishHaving the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year's elections.
