inanity

Noun

Meaning

Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.

An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.

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Brüno's main comedic satire pertains to the vacuity and inanity of the fashion and clubbing world. Source: Internet

As already pointed out, abortion is not legal in Ireland, so perhaps there the "real" number was 31. Again, reducing terrorist bombings to a quibble about wheter unborn twins should be counted or not is the height of inanity (is that even a word? Source: Internet

As she struggled through more than two years at the mall, despite surgeries, customer abuse, and corporate inanity, Kelly gained a deeper understanding of the plight of the retail worker. Source: Internet

We talk about why, and what it means to make a show that manages to somehow poke fun at the inanity of the technology industry while glorifying its antiheroes. Source: Internet

In addition, PDX turns off the Benson Bubblers in the winter for several reasons that don't change even if this kind of inanity carried the day. Source: Internet

The Times opined that "the fun which runs alive in the first act runs completely dry in the second, which is long and tedious, and winds up with an anti-climax of inanity." Source: Internet

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