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[ ih-nan-i-tee ] / ɪˈnæn ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inanity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural in·an·i·ties for 2. lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness. something inane. shallowness; superficiality. Origin of inanityFrom the Latin word inānitās, dating back to 1595–1605. See inane, -ity Words nearby inanityin-and-outer, inane, inanga, inanimate, inanition, inanity, in antis, in a nutshell, in any case, in a pig's eye, in a pinch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inanityAnd I can tap and tap and tap and yo and yo and yo, contemplating or not contemplating the inanity that is this life. The Zen of Yo|Dale Eisinger|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Forget the humor of Stephen Colbert, wisdom of Steve Jobs, or inanity of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Chubby Korean Baby Dance, Goat Riding Guy Riding Bike, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Urbanski can hold forth on the inanity of man-made climate change like a pro. The Facebook Movie's Bizarre Casting Move|Samuel P. Jacobs|August 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST I justified Lizzie to the very full now; and I took refuge from the inanity of the sermon in thinking about her faithfulness. Adela Cathcart, Vol. 2|George MacDonald
It is almost a p. 14Shame to put you to it by such a piece of inanity as this letter. Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883)|Edward FitzGerald Nobody, nothing could, in the time of his inanity, have made him turn a hair. The Sacred Fount|Henry James One of the officers was very surly, and declared he could not be responsible for the inanity of passengers. The Last of the Peterkins|Lucretia P. Hale It were a mockery, an inanity, to bid a man spend his affections on hypostatized laws that neither know nor answer him. Studies of Christianity|James Martineau
British Dictionary definitions for inanity
noun plural -tieslack of intelligence or imagination; senselessness; silliness a senseless action, remark, etc archaic emptiness Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to inanitystupidity, foolishness, asininity |