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inanity

[ih-nan-i-tee] / ɪˈnæn ɪ ti /
NOUN
silliness
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All this inanity takes place over the course of a handful of days, during which no one ever seems to change clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The weirdest thing about Oldham’s terrible opinions is that their half-baked inanity does not seem to reflect his true intellect.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

But because this is “Housewives,” a healthy amount of humor and inanity occurred when the trio landed in Georgia.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

What makes me grumpy these days is less the market than the hokum and inanity that would-be experts are using to calm investors right now.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2022

Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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