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❌ Nonsense 🔄 To make unclear
unsense

unsense

9.9
An idea or statement that has no meaning
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈsɛns/
translation icon : sin sentido
  • After reading the article, he concluded it was pure unsense and failed to convey any useful information.

Examples

  • Many people found the explanation to be nothing but unsense and ignored it.

  • The argument was dismissed as complete unsense by the committee.

  • She grew frustrated with the unsense that filled the conversation.

  • The poem was filled with unsense.

  • His speech was complete unsense.

  • The committee deemed the proposal to be complete unsense, lacking any logical reasoning.

  • During the meeting, her comments were so filled with unsense that no one took her seriously.

Synonyms

nonsense
vsunsense
5 3.3

Not having any clear meaning

is the general state applied beyond words to things lacking sense
meaninglessness
vsunsense
4 7.6

A feeling that what you do has no purpose or value

focuses more narrowly on lack of sense or meaning rather than value
senselessness
vsunsense
2 7.0

A state of having no meaning or purpose

is used to mean the quality of being without sense or meaning
vacuousness
vsunsense
  • Formal
1 9.2

A state of being empty of meaning and thought

expresses lack of sense or meaning without implying emptiness of thought
nonsensicality
vsunsense
8.6

A state when something has no clear meaning

is the broader term for the same state of being without sense or meaning

Antonyms

sense
∞ 4.1

A particular meaning of a word or expression

How Meaningful

sense
∞ 3.7
unsense
9.9

Surface Forms

unsense singular
unsenses plural

Morphology

unsense = sense (transparent) = un + sense

The meaning is directly the negative of 'sense' formed by the productive English negating prefix 'un-', so learners who know 'sense' and 'un-' can infer it.

Etymology

Unsense joins the simple prefix un- ('not') with sense ('meaning' or 'good judgment'), so it is formed like the familiar word nonsense. That's why unsense means something that has no meaning or makes no sense.