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Plural of nonsense

regular plural

The plural of nonsense is nonsenses.

Forms of nonsense

Singularnonsense /ˈnɒn.səns/
Pluralnonsenses
Countableusually uncountable

Nonsenses in a sentence

  • and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.2008 October 9, “Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse”, in Telegraph.co.uk

Meaning of nonsense

  1. noun Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
  2. noun An untrue statement.
  3. noun That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

Full definition of nonsense

Questions about the plural of nonsense

What is the plural of nonsense?
The plural of nonsense is nonsenses.
Is nonsense countable?
Nonsense is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonsense (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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