inaneness

noun

Definition of inanenessnext
as in craziness

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  1. madness
  2. absurdity
  3. foolishness
Noun
  • Ford, in what only can be described a bout of corporate madness, kept them.
    Jeremy White, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.
    Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of madness
Noun
  • Some bills memorably illustrated the absurdity of a system that turns ordinary mishaps into extraordinary revenues.
    Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For me, at least, the best part of the sketch is all of the wordless expressions taking in the absurdity of everything.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • The problem is not the companies but the system, whose foolishness is very clear to those, like me, who have spent decades abroad.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of foolishness
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