inaneness

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Noun
  • After Thursday night’s Charlotte craziness, in which both ACC Tournament quarterfinals in the evening session were decided by a single point, Friday night instead brought back-to-back blowouts, as Virginia rolled past Miami in the first game.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Mullins has seen just about all of it by now, national games at neutral sites, craziness at Gampel and in Hartford, the most intimidating of environments on the road at Kansas, Creighton, and the Big East Tournament.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s a heartwarming idiocy to their pursuit, yet what festers underneath is their inability to process grief consciously and the fear that those who deem their existence meaningless might be right.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Gunther and Tig are two billionaire failsons who have wasted countless opportunities and cash chasing the stupidest ideas and who get rewarded over and over again for their idiocy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The slasher takes place in an idyllic summer town that descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids from his truck with horrifying results.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • All of this readily registers on Barry’s Dada-absurdity meter.
    Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • What the Meme Revealed About Surgical Technology Beneath the absurdity, the grape videos demonstrated real capabilities.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This season Fears has shown both the maturity of the player who came back to discuss his actions with his head coach, and the foolishness of the hothead who responded with the hard foul.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There was no foolishness tolerated from him and, of course, Magic, his lieutenant.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
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“Inaneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaneness. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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