COMMON NUISANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common nuisance mean? 

• COMMON NUISANCE (noun)
  The noun COMMON NUISANCE has 1 sense:

1. a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public

  Familiarity information: COMMON NUISANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON NUISANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

common nuisance; public nuisance

Context example:

a public nuisance offends the public at large

Hypernyms ("common nuisance" is a kind of...):

nuisance ((law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive)