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What's "make no sense" mean?

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Rebecca

If something "makes no sense," it means that it is illogical or unreasoned! As if saying, how or why could that happen? That seems unreasoned. On the flip side, if something "makes sense," it means that it is reasonable, logical, and has good thinking behind it. Ex: Jim was talking so much, but he wasn't making any sense. => what he was saying seemed illogical Ex: That's a good point. That makes a lot of sense. Ex: It makes no sense to sell the house when you just bought it.

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