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Definition of "nuisance" []

  • One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother: Having to stand in line was a nuisance. The disruptive child was a nuisance to the class. (noun)
  • Law A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nuisance" in a sentence
  • "Being a nuisance is the way the child makes a home to return to."
  • "So I am to believe an attention seeker who dubs around online all day trying to be a nuisance is capable of judging the caliber of another man who actually has made something of themselves?"
  • "The latter would sound like what lawyers term nuisance settlements -- the money corporations routinely shell out to make frivolous claims go away."