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Meanings of inanity in English

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Usage of inanity in English
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Thirty years on I can now recognise the inanity of my question.
The Irish Times
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The inanity of the question enraged even the pleasure-seekers at the back.
Psmith in the City
3
The ludicrous sublimity of such an ethical snarl reduced him to inanity.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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It does not consist of ingenuity limited, but merely of inanity expanded.
Alarms and Discursions
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In fact, his physiognomy indicated the inanity of character which pervaded his life.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
6
His cheek resumed its wonted paleness; but he did not relapse into inanity.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
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This holiday season, treat yourself to 13 hours of goofy inanity.
Wired
8
The lowest copyboy knows better than to utter such an inanity.
Greener Than You Think
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Sloth, inanity, and bloated pride are here too often the characteristics of office.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
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And his gallant answer was interrupted by some inanity from Herr von Mark.
High Noon: A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks'
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But that is an inanity, Miss Bell, and unworthy of me.
A Daughter of To-Day
12
The Roman was standing, smiling, waiting for me to utter some bland inanity.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
13
The latter give us inanity without clothes; the former, inanity in particularly gorgeous clothes.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870
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Football's summer window may seem increasingly incredible, an inanity of greed and skewed values.
The Guardian
15
There's another hour and 25 minutes' worth of logic inanity, clever expressions, and colorful retorts.
Climbing Magazine
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The sight of the ruins is as nothing in comparison with the great Parisian inanity.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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