Meaning of Inanity | Babel Free
ɪˈnænɪtiDefinitions
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The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness. uncountable
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Something that is inane. countable, uncountable
Equivalents
Examples
“All those who criticise the inanity of the effort required by the stemmatic approach without clearly adopting a position of their own, do not, in my view, touch upon the core of the problem […]”
“Working in any bureaucracy means being bedeviled by inanities daily.”
“It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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