Inanity Definition

ĭ-nănĭ-tē
inanities
noun
inanities
Emptiness.
Webster's New World
The condition or quality of being inane.
American Heritage
Lack of sense or meaning; silliness.
Webster's New World
Something inane; senseless or silly act, remark, etc.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.

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Noun

Singular:
inanity
Plural:
inanities

Origin of Inanity

  • From French inanité, from Latin inanitas

    From Wiktionary

Inanity Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • 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."

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Words Starting With

IININA

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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inanity

Words Starting With I and Ending With Y

Starts With I & Ends With YStarts With IN & Ends With YStarts With I & Ends With TY

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With I7 Letter Words Ending With Y