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[ ih-neyn ] / ɪˈneɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inane ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions. empty; void. nounsomething that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space. Origin of inaneFirst recorded in 1655–65, inane is from the Latin word inānis SYNONYMS FOR inaneSEE SYNONYMS FOR inane ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for inane1. See foolish. OTHER WORDS FROM inanein·ane·ly, adverbWords nearby inanein-and-in, in and of itself, in-and-out, in-and-out bond, in-and-outer, inane, inanga, inanimate, inanition, inanity, in antis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inaneAnd they would, it seems, nominate any movie—no matter how inane—to get those big-name butts in the seats. The Golden Globes Sobers Up (Sort Of): Years of Ridicule and Bribery Rumors Scares HFPA Straight|Marlow Stern|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST And beware the perky morning anchors with their inane questions (Aretha Franklin). Ariana Grande, This Is How to Be a Diva|Tim Teeman|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Inane and disturbing hashtags have been lobbed by those often far removed from the rocket fire. Is Twitter Trolling Making the Israel-Palestine Conflict Worse?|Emily Shire|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST “X-men Origins: Wolverine” featured a pharmaceutical plot twist so inane it was almost awesome. Scandal’s Finale Featured One of the Most Preposterous TV Deaths Ever|Russell Saunders|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I find those to be the most inane, irritating things one could imagine. How I Write: James McBride, The New National Book Award Winner For Fiction|Noah Charney|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST How empty and inane these entries seemed beside this rich and eventful twenty-four hours just passed! The Valiants of Virginia|Hallie Erminie Rives Nobody minded her much but Mary, who was motherly, kind, and reverential always to the inane beauty. Agatha's Husband|Dinah Maria Craik (AKA: Dinah Maria Mulock) How much more Kathryn might have said she was never to know, for Mary-Clare raised a hand as though to stay the inane torrent. At the Crossroads|Harriet T. Comstock They stood in inane suspense till Bresnahan led them out, rumbling, "How about planning a fishing-trip, Will?" Main Street|Sinclair Lewis But her kindness was so sound and steadfast that this occasional lapse into her inane mumbling did not much impress me. Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
British Dictionary definitions for inane
adjectivesenseless, unimaginative, or empty; unintelligentinane remarks Derived forms of inaneinanely, adverbWord Origin for inaneC17: from Latin inānis empty Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to inaneabsurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained, idiotic, illogical, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile |