nuisance
noun
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc..
nuisances
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pluralof nuisance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In 2017, when Sydney’s father was dying, he hired Sharon Zissman to help pay the household bills and oversee the everyday financial nuisances that he feared would burden his wife and family after his death.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Ms. Wimpenny is ready to defend mosquitoes, writing, “those bitey nuisances are simply little animals doing what they must to become mothers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Plainly, what’s needed is a taxonomy of AI slop: which manifestations are merely nuisances, which are actually entertaining, which are threats to social or political order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
But for gulls — sometimes erroneously called “seagulls,” though they are not exclusive to the ocean — they are described as nuisances and pests, which experts say couldn’t be further from the truth.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
The insults were part of the nuisances of life, like lice.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
