nuisance

nuisance
01. Your dog is becoming a real [nuisance]; it chases after every car that drives by.
02. It's such a [nuisance] to have to write a report at the end of every session.
03. The weeds are really becoming a [nuisance] in the lake. They are killing the other plants, and now the children are scared to swim near them.
04. Mom, Bobby's being a real [nuisance]. He keeps bugging me while I'm trying to study.
05. Many computer users are getting so much spam in their e-mail that it's become a serious [nuisance].
06. I'm sorry to be such a [nuisance], but could you help me again for a minute?
07. My neighbor's cat is a real [nuisance]. It meows all night and poops in my flower garden.
08. I asked my daughter to help me clean up the house, but she was just a [nuisance]. All she did was complain, and she didn't actually accomplish anything.
09. These leaves are a [nuisance]. They make a mess of the yard, and when they're wet, they smell awful.
10. Stop making a [nuisance] of yourself and give your father a hand.
11. The state of Florida has 40 trappers who are contracted to remove [nuisance] alligators which are considered to be a threat to the public, or the public's pets, livestock, or property.
12. Dorothy Sayers notes that a human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a [nuisance] in the world.
13. Gorillas are so common in the African country of Gabon that they've become somewhat of an environmental [nuisance].
14. Police say that patrons that are lined up outside bars often create a [nuisance] for neighbors when they fight, break bottles or make noise.
15. Their weekly parties are so loud that they have become a real [nuisance] to the neighbors.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • nuisance — nui·sance / nüs əns, nyüs / n [Anglo French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre]: something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another s rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of… …   Law dictionary

  • nuisance — is that activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful use by a person of his own property, working obstruction or injury to right of another, or to the public, and producing such material annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort …   Black's law dictionary

  • nuisance — is that activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful use by a person of his own property, working obstruction or injury to right of another, or to the public, and producing such material annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort …   Black's law dictionary

  • nuisance — [ nɥizɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1120, repris v. 1960, par l angl. nuisance; de nuire I ♦ Vx ou région. Caractère de ce qui est nuisible; chose nuisible. II ♦ (1936 nuisance industrielle) Ensemble de facteurs d origine technique (bruits, dégradations,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • nuisance — nui‧sance [ˈnjuːsns ǁ ˈnuː ] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW someone or something that causes public annoyance: • After a local jury found the noise was a nuisance, a judge ruled that the bell can no longer ring at night. • movement of… …   Financial and business terms

  • nuisance — Nuisance, f. penac. Incommodum, Noxa. Avec nuisance, Nocenter. Sans nuisance, Innocenter …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Nuisance — Nui sance, n. [OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance, fr. L. nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf {Necromancy}, {Nocent}, {Noxious}, {Pernicious}.] That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nuisance — (n.) c.1400, injury, hurt, harm, from Anglo Fr. nusaunce, O.Fr. nuisance harm, wrong, damage, from pp. stem of nuire to harm, from L. nocere to hurt (see NOXIOUS (Cf. noxious)). Sense has softened over time, to anything obnoxious to a community… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Nuisance — (engl., spr. njūßens), Beeinträchtigung, etwas die Nachbarschaft oder die Allgemeinheit Belästigendes …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • nuisance — [n] annoyance; annoying person besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache*, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense,… …   New thesaurus

  • nuisance — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance. ORIGIN Old French, hurt , from Latin nocere to harm …   English terms dictionary

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