non-sense

A form of nonsense — Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

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Meanings

nounnon-sense (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of nonsense.

    The non-sense syllable HOX is remembered as COCK and the non-sense syllable GAH is remembered as GOAT.

    2004, M. Rajamanickam, Experimental Psychology With Advanced Experiments
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    At the core of our study is the way each approach can illuminate the process of sense-making by its opposite, which we call "non-sense".

    1998, David Grant, Tom W Keenoy, Cliff Oswick, Discourse and Organization

    something about this passage may have actually affected me, which I know doesn't exactly follow, especially since that would imply something in it really does make sense, and I just got finished calling it non-sense.

    2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, page 25
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