inaneness

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Noun
  • But for now, the iconic Saratoga farm is a bucolic retreat from the craziness of Silicon Valley.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But worry not, the podcast episode goes live tomorrow — alongside a new way to explore this craziness.
    Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a heartwarming idiocy to their pursuit, yet what festers underneath is their inability to process grief consciously and the fear that those who deem their existence meaningless might be right.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The priests argued that madness was a punishment from the gods and that healing came through repentance, along with sacrifices that helped maintain the temple’s operations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The final round of fixtures on Saturday is going to be madness.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And that’s the absurdity of this whole thing.
    NBC news, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • That’s the kind of hands-on absurdity that makes a road trip memorable.
    Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This season Fears has shown both the maturity of the player who came back to discuss his actions with his head coach, and the foolishness of the hothead who responded with the hard foul.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There was no foolishness tolerated from him and, of course, Magic, his lieutenant.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
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“Inaneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaneness. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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