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ennui

EH0 N UW1 IY0  :  /ɑnˈwi/

[T]he Pentagon announced Monday that it had developed a new chemical weapon called "ennui gas," a nerve agent that overwhelms its victims with sudden philosophical distress over the meaningless tedium of human life and a sinking sense that everything they have ever accomplished ultimately amounts to dust. Link

While its science missions are achieving more than ever, its human spaceflight program is languishing. Recognizing this ennui, President Barack Obama asked a spaceflight committee, ... to assess where NASA's human spaceflight program was and where it should be headed. Link

Just ponder on the following developments that smack of anomie, ennui and angst in our fatherland, which have made this writer to ruminate or think deeply on what he perceives as our tragic uncertainties. Link

I don’t know if this is just an attack of ennui after the holiday festivities, but all I can find to say about the new year is blah blah blah. Link

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