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sheer nonsense

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meanings of sheerand nonsense


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sheer
adjective
uk /ʃɪər/ us /ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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nonsense
noun
uk /ˈnɒn.səns/ us /ˈnɑːn.sens/
an idea, something said or written, or behaviour that is silly ...
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Examples of sheer nonsense


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Is it not sheernonsense to keep on this bit of red tape?
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To put the matter quite shortly, it is sheernonsense.
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It is sheernonsense to talk like that.
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To say that the land can be put back to its previous condition is sheernonsense.
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To suppose that this will resolve the tax anxieties of many widows and single women aged between 60 and 65 is sheernonsense.
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This, of course, is sheernonsense, as every housewife of every class knows.
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To suggest that we do our business behind closed doors, and that the industrialist is afraid of victimisation, is just sheernonsense.
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It is sheernonsense to say that there are not hundreds, even thousands, of controls that can be done away with without causing hardship.
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To speak of this being an impartial inquiry is sheernonsense.
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That comparison is sheernonsense—there is no other word for it.
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It is sheernonsense to talk about these men being revolutionaries and wanting to upset the settled order of things.
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It is sheernonsense to say that we cannot get anyone.
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In matters of health, this has proved to be sheernonsense during the past 20 years.
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All the talk about roads being sufficiently high is sheernonsense.
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So to tell the country that all is well because only the long-standing patients are experiencing delay in receiving treatment is sheernonsense.
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Really, with great respect this is sheernonsense.
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Surely, it is sheernonsense to say that we cannot deal with the question of equal pay because it would wreck the whole economy.
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The proposals for municipal bus factories are sheernonsense.
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I regard that as sheernonsense, for what is needed above everything else is central direction in agricultural policy, with drive and energy.
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It is sheernonsense to say that you will avoid publicity.
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