Inane

Quick meaning: Inane is an adjective meaning Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

Meaning

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

More Meanings

1. Purposeless; pointless.
2. That which is void or empty.

Example Sentences

Vague and inane instincts.

The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.

[...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane, or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.

This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.

Word Forms

• inaner
• inanest
• inanes

Synonyms for inane

Depending on context, synonyms include silly, fatuous, vapid, vacuous, asinine, foolish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vacuous, mindless, foolish, asinine, fatuous, pointless.

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