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  • 41barrenness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sterility, unproductiveness, infecundity, infertility, childlessness, effeteness, impotence, desolateness, unfruitfulness, bleakness, emptiness, aridness, aridity, agenesis, unfructuosity. Ant. fertility*, fruitfulness,… …

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  • 42Absence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Nullibiety. < N PARAG:Absence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absence absence Sgm: N 1 inexistence inexistence &c. 2 Sgm: N 1 nonresidence nonresidence absenteeism Sgm: N 1 nonattendance nonattendance alibi …

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  • 43Incogitancy — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence or want of thought. < N PARAG:Incogitancy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 incogitancy incogitancy vacancy inunderstanding Sgm: N 1 fatuity fatuity &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 thoughtlessness thoughtlessness &c.(inattention) 458… …

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  • 44break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… …

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  • 45inanity — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑senselessness, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity, ↑pointlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑ …

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  • 46mindlessness — noun 1. the trait of acting rashly and without prudence • Syn: ↑heedlessness, ↑rashness • Derivationally related forms: ↑rash (for: ↑rashness), ↑mindless, ↑heedless …

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  • 47pointlessness — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑inanity, ↑senselessness, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless, ↑vacuous (for: ↑ …

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  • 48senselessness — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑inanity, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity, ↑pointlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑ …

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  • 49va·cu·i·ty — /væˈkjuːwəti/ noun [noncount] formal : the state of lacking any real meaning, importance, or intelligence We tired of the vacuity of their conversation. intellectual/moral vacuity [=emptiness] …

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  • 50Inanities — Inanity In*an i*ty, n.; pl. {Inanities}. [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanit[ e]. See {Inane}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness. [1913 Webster] 2. Lack of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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