inaneness

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Noun
  • Of course, no Kojima title would be complete with a little bit of craziness, but even the more far-out aspects of the game make more sense and are a thrilling part of the journey.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Eric had to absorb a lot of her craziness and unspent love.
    Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Telling the story of the clashing egos and raging idiocy of the fictional Spinal Tap, Reiner both directed and starred as the filmmaker-within-the-film Marty DiBergi.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Advertisement Aster keenly satirizes Joe’s idiocy in the face of social upheaval through the iconography of Westerns.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Set into motion by an innocuous wish, the James family is forced to explore their generational differences, intra-marital conflicts, raging hormones, and professional anxieties, in a complicated web of body-swapping madness.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The documentary focuses on the inhabitants of Antarctica, and captures an apparent moment of madness within a colony of Adélie penguins, who endure scathingly harsh conditions in the icy wasteland.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But the comedians also used those laughs to reveal the fundamental absurdity of violence and conflict.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Rather than focusing solely on superpowers, the series leans into the absurdities and insecurities of the entertainment industry, pulling back the curtain on fame, failure, and second chances.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Navarro devoted a chapter to the seductive foolishness of protectionist trade policies.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The captain of the boat Zoë and Sarah came on watches them from afar, shaking his head at English foolishness.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Inaneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaneness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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