nuisance

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

   “The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.”

   “What a nuisance to have to go now!”

   “By itself, nondifferentiability at zero is a minor nuisance.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

   “You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.”

   “With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.”

3. (countable, uncountable)Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

   “a public nuisance”