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nuisance

noun/ˈnjuːsəns/

A2CEFR level
12/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

An unlawful interference with a person's use or enjoyment of land, or with a public right.

The persistent fumes from the factory amounted to a private nuisance affecting the neighbouring householders.

Similar: annoyance

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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