bunk
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6.7
- noun
- /bʌŋk/
- Informal
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- So this is all bunk, and people are crazy?
- a bunch of bunk
- pure bunk
- just bunk
It's certainly not bunk science, but the idea has problems.
- It's certainly not bunk science, but the idea has problems.
- You know, if he knows that it's all, you know, bunk.
- This nonsense is buoyed by religious chatter around forgiveness and New Age bunk about redemption.
- He said that, that it wasn't that he thought like psychiatry was all bunk or something like that.
- All of that is absolute bunk.
- Well, all of this is such bunk and the wrong thing to be teaching young people as well as adults.
Examples
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Pretty much everyone else, including the Supreme Court, says that's a bunch of bunk.
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Homeopathy is bunk, and the scientific community around the world is united on this.
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It's certainly not bunk science, but the idea has problems.
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All that bunk about love last night.
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Well, all of this is such bunk and the wrong thing to be teaching young people as well as adults.
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Eventually, however, I realized it was all bunk, but I felt forced to continue.
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What a load of bunk.
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The whole idea is bunk economics to start with, not to mention bad mathematics.
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That's a lot of bunk.
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Don't listen to his arguments; they're just a bunch of bunk and don't make any sense.
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
48
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
46
4.3
A statement that is not true
30
9.1
A false or silly statement people should not believe
16
5.5
A false statement
16
7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
15
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
13
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
9
8.4
Silly or untrue talk that is not serious
9
7.4
Foolish or untrue talk people should not believe
9
9.7
Something not true that people say to fool others
5
9.3
Nonsense ideas or stories that are not true
3
9.9
A statement that is completely untrue and makes no sense
2
9.9
A rude expression that says something is not true
1
9.9
Talk that is false and meant to fool or impress people
1
9.9
Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing
1
9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
1
9.9
Talk that is false and not worth listening to
1
9.9
False statements meant to trick people
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
A false statement said on purpose to trick people
Talk that is false and hard to believe
Complete nonsense that has no true facts to support it
Something very silly and not true
Complete nonsense that is not true and not believable
Talk that is false and makes no sense
A story or idea that is untrue and silly
False talk meant to trick people
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Etymology
Bunk meaning nonsense comes from the U.S. place name Buncombe, which became the word bunkum for empty political talk and was soon shortened to bunk, meaning 'rubbish' or nonsense. That's why calling something 'bunk' says it is not true or is absurd.