a lot of garbage/nonsense
noun phrase
informal
: something very foolish
I think their ideas are a lot of garbage/nonsense.
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There’s been a lot of nonsense between the end of the Super Bowl and today, but the two parties are, effectively, in the same place.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
Lots of equipment, food and packaging, plus animals and porters, means a lot of garbage.
—Alton C. Byers, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
And as it was getting cleared of the invasive tall grasses, a lot of garbage that had accumulated over the years was revealed.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Not a lot of garbage time available to bloody rookies.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
That there’s basically a lot of nonsense that was cobbled together for the story, and the only thing saving Inside Man from being a complete failure is the performances.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022
Well, this is a conservative activist who went pretty far down the rabbit hole of conspiratorial thinking and apocalyptic thinking, and was encouraged by then President Trump to believe a lot of nonsense about what had happened in the 2020 election.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2022
Oh, there’s a lot of nonsense that gets passed around at the table.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Oct. 2020
The voting public is always asked to put up with a lot of nonsense during campaigns.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
Lots of equipment, food and packaging, plus animals and porters, means a lot of garbage.
—Alton C. Byers, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
And as it was getting cleared of the invasive tall grasses, a lot of garbage that had accumulated over the years was revealed.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Not a lot of garbage time available to bloody rookies.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
That there’s basically a lot of nonsense that was cobbled together for the story, and the only thing saving Inside Man from being a complete failure is the performances.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022
Well, this is a conservative activist who went pretty far down the rabbit hole of conspiratorial thinking and apocalyptic thinking, and was encouraged by then President Trump to believe a lot of nonsense about what had happened in the 2020 election.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2022
Oh, there’s a lot of nonsense that gets passed around at the table.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Oct. 2020
The voting public is always asked to put up with a lot of nonsense during campaigns.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
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“A lot of garbage/nonsense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20lot%20of%20garbage%2Fnonsense. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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