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Inanition vs. Inanity
Inanition
/ˌɪnəˈnɪʃ(ə)n/Examples:
The project suffered from managerial inanition.Years of neglect led to the park's inanition.His speech was criticized for its emotional inanition.
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Inanity
/ɪˈnanɪti/Examples:
Listening to his speech was an exercise in inanity.The meeting dragged on, filled with nothing but inanity.She abandoned the novel, tired of its relentless inanity.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Inanition refers to a physical state of exhaustion due to lack of nourishment, while inanity refers to a lack of sense or meaning.
- Remember inanition by associating it with nutrition – lack of nutrition leads to inanition.
- Inanity has the root innate which rhymes with great, but lacks greatness because it means foolishness.
- Inanition often involves the bodys struggle, whereas inanity relates to the minds lack of depth.
- Think inanition - see i at the beginning as an individual needing sustenance, inanity as nonsensical conclusions.
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