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- Dictionaryinane/ɪˈneɪn/
adjective
- 1. lacking sense or meaning; silly: "don't badger people with inane questions"
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extremely silly or with no real meaning or importance: He's always making inane remarks. There are too many inane quiz shows on television these days. Synonyms. asinine formal. fatuous formal. mindless disapproving. vacuous formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Useless and futile. adrift. aimlessly. aimlessness. airy-fairy.
The meaning of INANE is lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly. How to use inane in a sentence. Can inane Be Used As a Noun? Synonym Discussion of Inane.
If something is inane, it's silly or senseless. If you just want to space out, you won't mind the inane chatter on TV, as long as it's on.
Something inane lacks sense, significance, or ideas. Do you know when to use inane, fatuous, silly, foolish, stupid, and asinine? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
adjective. If you describe someone's behaviour or actions as inane, you think they are very silly or stupid. [disapproval] He always had this inane grin. She started asking me inane questions. Synonyms: senseless, stupid, silly, empty More Synonyms of inane. inanely adverb [ADVERB after verb] He lurched through the bar, grinning inanely.
adj. 1. lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions. 2. empty; void. n. 3. something that is empty or void, esp. the void of infinite space. [1655–65; < Latin inānis empty, false, vain] in•ane′ly, adv. syn: See foolish.
inane meaning, definition, what is inane: very stupid or without much meaning: Learn more.
