Plural of nuisance

regular plural

The plural of nuisance is nuisances.

Forms of nuisance

In large cities cars are nuisances unless you have enough money to afford to garage the beasts.1979 April 28, Nancy Walker, “A Case of Mistaken Identity”, in Gay Community News, page 19. From the entry garage
They are mostly harmless scavengers or nuisances or strigilators and are classified by Wheeler as being: a.1942, Edward Oliver Essig, College Entomology, page 672. From the entry strigilator
I've not done it because you've got nothing against them other than their being a pair of dim-witted nuisances."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 138. From the entry gorilla
Yet there is no end to the black mists that becloud horse racing, fixers, illegal bookies, and public nuisances created by horse racing.1976, Japan Quarterly, volume 23, page 225. From the entry black mist
This pill's persuasiveness lies in its ability to exponentialize the psychic pain of your neurodivergence over the almost imperceptible, side-effect nuisances of uncontrollable drooling or increased appetite.2017, Melanie Yergeau, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness. From the entry exponentialize

noun A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
noun A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
noun Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

What is the plural of nuisance?: The plural of nuisance is nuisances.
Is nuisance countable?: Nuisance is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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