nuisance
Example Sentences
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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
Last month, the city ordered Waymo and the company that operates the charging stations, Voltera, to stop overnight operations at the sites, arguing that the light, noise and activity there constitute a public nuisance.
From Los Angeles Times
However, a judge ordered the council to re-look at the complaint, saying it had not considered the nub of the matter - whether the fouling constituted a "statutory nuisance".
From BBC
If the council agrees the lights amount to a statutory nuisance, it can issue an abatement notice which if ignored could result in a fine.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
