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Another word for inanity

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Noun

  1. Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance

    See also:

    full

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Another word for inanity

Noun
  1. See also:

    stupidity

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Sentence Examples

  • He complains of the inanity of circus-races (ix.

  • Scott justly observed that Defoe's style "is the last which should be attempted by a writer of inferior genius; for though it be possible to disguise mediocrity by fine writing, it appears in all its naked inanity when it assumes the garb of simplicity."

  • hideile hiding behind a veil of inanity, Friedman managed to push forward a more subtle agenda.

  • We have experienced 2 such cases of sheer inanity.

  • He had lost his hold upon Pennsylvania and his support in the house, while a cabal in the senate, bitterly and personally hostile to the treasury, crippled the administration and reduced every government measure to mere inanity.

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