"Sheer nonsense" means a complete and utter foolishness or absurdity.
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Delicate and humorous illustrations expressively reintroduce a timeless story to a new generation, who will revel in the language and
sheer nonsense of Sandburg's creation.
The first 3 or 4 (depending on what flavor of religion they come from) are
sheer nonsense as they pertain to worshiping mythical beings.
You can take the most ludicrous, of the thousands of «Counter-Factuals» dreampt up & propagated by the Physical Denial Complex, over the decades now, & you would be hard - pressed to match Ann's
for sheer Nonsense!
This is
sheer nonsense — even the Supreme Court of Canada understood over 20 years ago that one can not separate collective bargaining from politics.
And to attribute human mortality to the fall of Adam is
sheer nonsense, for guilt implies personal responsibility, and the idea of original sin as an inherited infection is sub-ethical, irrational, and absurd.
Nobody in his right mind will believe
the sheer nonsense contained in your statement.
The claim that such approaches are theologically neutral is
sheer nonsense.
It is
sheer nonsense to say with Enzo Gatti: «The human areas that are poorest in every way are the most qualified for receiving the Saving Word.
They are totally inanimate and inactive, and it is
sheer nonsense to suggest that they should initiate our perception; «how can that which is inactive be a cause; or that which is unthinking be a cause of thought?»
To argue that the dog, which is staggeringly helpful to humans in so many ways - search and rescue dogs, guide dogs, hearing dogs, dogs for the disabled, guard dogs, police dogs, drug sniffer dogs, explosive sniffer dogs, herding dogs, dogs that can detect cancer - can not be used in wildlife management is
sheer nonsense.
Secondly, the idea that exercising a check on the budget for the executive branch absolves the executive himself from responsibility including legal responsibility for his actions here is
SHEER NONSENSE to which I can say «tell it to the judge!!»
Big Bangs Galore The reason that scientists do not dismiss the notion of colliding universes as
sheer nonsense can be summed up in a single word: inflation.
Astute readers will note that I have abstained from making cheap cracks about the I Want to Believe title, an almost superhuman feat given this movie's abundance of
sheer nonsense.
It's content to take its time and amuse an audience (young or old) with funny - looking creatures, clever dialogue, subtle jokes, puns, and
sheer nonsense.
In no way is this a good film, but
the sheer nonsense of it is compelling in its clumsiness.
Such a broad comparison between charter schools and regular public schools is
sheer nonsense.
Apart from Maslin's and the ZDF's
sheer nonsense in the last two minutes, an excellent documentary on the climate since the last ice age.
So McIntyre's accusation is
sheer nonsense.
JT: In our business, talking to Republican and conservative elites, talking about the science in a dispassionate, reasonable, non-screedy, calm, careful way is powerful, because a lot of these people have no idea that a lot of the things they're trafficking in are either
the sheerest nonsense or utterly disingenuous.
Sheer nonsense, obviously.
Claims that all warming is «man made» and all reductions in temp or «slowdowns» are natural is
sheer nonsense, or more accurately deliberately misleading..
It is
sheer nonsense to claim that fathers «today» are inclined to less family involvement than in times past.