inaneness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaneness
Noun
  • There was something singular about the wide-eyed craziness of Sweeney, or Cloud’s aura of kindness.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
  • Probst believes that confidence and craziness to experiment is what has made the show endure after 26 years and 50 seasons.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 May 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
  • The four-night FIFA-centric experience, which takes place from July 16–21, gives six guests the chance to escape from the FIFA madness in the largest hotel penthouse suite in the US, which spans the entirety of The Mark's top two floors.
    Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
  • Shea Langeliers sent a shot 483 feet in the first sign of the madness to come in a 15-14, 12-inning game that introduced the city to its eventual MLB club.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • This is a racist absurdity in addition to being an impossible read of the Constitution, which is perhaps why the Roberts Court has buried it under so many layers of obfuscation.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Often, that makes for a hilarious juxtaposition with the work of the show’s production designer Sharon Lomofsky, who brilliantly captures the absurdity of certain vacation destinations like a barbecue restaurant a stone’s throw from the remote Upstate New York hotel the characters are staying at.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 3 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 11 Jun. 2026.

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