inanity
noun
lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
inanities
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pluralof inanity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
He narrates his reporting, mumbling inanities like “A Sabbath silence brooded over the mire.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
At times, he slyly hints at judgment at the band’s various inanities and unsavory behavior.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
But she was miserably nervous too, incapable of stepping around the inanities.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
