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1
a foolish act or idea
- quickly realized that her suggestion was an inanity and withdrew it
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2
lack of good sense or judgment
- the jaw-dropping inanity of the singer's comments on the awards show
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- denseness,
- dim-wittedness,
- doltishness,
- dopiness,
- dullness
- (also dulness),
- dumbness,
- feeblemindedness,
- gormlessness
- [chiefly British],
- idiocy,
- mindlessness,
- oafishness,
- obtuseness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- slowness,
- stupidity,
- stupidness,
- vacuity
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The first known use of inanity was in 1603
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