nuisance
Example Sentences
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“The terrorist threat was serious, and terrible for those who are affected, but it was like a nuisance in an otherwise functioning system,” he said.
The Los Angeles Board of Building and Safety Commissioners declared eight properties in the Pacific Palisades as “public nuisances,” since their owners have still not cleared debris left over from the January wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times
That means jamming, a nuisance elsewhere, becomes a serious safety concern.
Many people treat budgeting as a nuisance and skip it.
From MarketWatch
"It is important to turn the nuisance wildlife into something positive," the farm ministry said earlier this month.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
