inanity

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

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

When, for example, Marie-Josephe and a ship captain frolic through Hameau de la Reine, the setting’s natural beauty allows for a momentary respite — until the scene ends, and we’re thrust back into storybook inanity.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 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

The saga that has ensued is a window into the inanities that today govern the $19 billion industry known as college sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Comedian Megan Stalter plays the office manager Isobel, and Lambert weaponizes Stalter’s preternatural ability to spew a steady stream of absurd workplace inanities.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Old virtues turn into self-evident vices or, worse, convictions that get remembered as inanities.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022

The emperor surrounds himself with people who laugh at his jokes and applaud his inanities and answer “Huzzah!” when he says “Huzzah,” which he says a lot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2020

These harmless inanities, far preferable to silence, allowed Robbie to retreat behind a mask of amused attention.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan