inaneness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaneness
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the Spurs had to rush off the court to avoid getting caught up in all the craziness.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • This would have been ’95 and all the craziness around samples was happening.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.
    Susan Shelley, Daily News, 13 May 2026
  • The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Driven by revenge and madness, Sweeney Todd slices necks he is meant to just shave.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
  • Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • After Monday’s ruling, social media lit up with criticism for Sorsby regaining eligibility minus the first two games of the 2026 season, while others pointed out the seeming absurdity.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
  • There was an absurdity to it all that took the edge off the menace.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The popular Instagram page @touronsofnationalparks is known for spotlighting the foolishness of people in national parks.
    David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • And in this age of ever-rising electric bills, power-hungry data centers and global unrest, Floridians need leaders who will ditch the foolishness and get serious about lowering energy costs.
    David Jenkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
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“Inaneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaneness. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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