Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. One that lacks sense or substance: interrupting with inane comments; angry with my inane roommate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Empty; void; especially, void of sense or intelligence; senseless; silly.
- Synonyms Frivolous, puerile, trifling.
- n. That which is void or empty; void space; emptiness; vacuity.
Wiktionary
- adj. Lacking sense or meaning (often implying, "to the point of boredom or annoyance").
- n. That which is void or empty.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.
- n. rare That which is void or empty.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. devoid of intelligence
Etymologies
- From Latin inānis ("empty, vain, useless"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin inānis, empty, lacking sense. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Everyone seems to spend a lot of time in inane conversation.”
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“He inserts himself into the narrative and indulges in inane asides.”
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“I'm willing to submit to the vision - his use of color and inane is definitely memorable, and might bring about some good things”
“Tory kids will be able to retire nice and young and waste their days in inane pursuits such as reading your drivel.”
“How inane is it that marketers at Microsoft balk at entering the podcasting market because they think the name helps Apple.”
“Instead, it starts off with in inane, one-dimensional, simplistic “McCarthy was right” and what came out of that.”
“Instead, it starts off with in inane, one-dimensional, simplistic “McCarthy was right†and what came out of that.”
“They engage you in inane conversation when you’re late for work.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inane’.
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1100
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Test Prep or Just for fun
Building a list for standardized test prep or just for learning some new words! Please add any words that you feel are important for the SAT/GRE/GMAT etc...
throng, morass, parley, facile, kismet, strife, jetsam, carrion, annex, harbinger, vestige, surreptitious and 575 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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(1st_wk_150)-Dec_5_2012
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 297 more...
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People are Scum
words that one may enjoy using to describe other people or their actions
degenerate, reprobate, scapegrace, capricious, sycophant, arbitrary, infernal, abominable, iniquitous, nefarious, philistine, sadistic and 39 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1901 more...
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List 015
compelling, clandestine, capacious, captivate, amicable, emulate, fetter, frugal, hackneyed, hiatus, inane, jubilant and 13 more...
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MY COLLECTION
COLLECT FROM DIFFERENT PAPERS,WEBSITES,BOOKS AND MOVIES.
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Favorites
disparage, partisan, cupidity, hokum, tussle, odious, dastardly, overture, plane, chronic, peering, peer and 328 more...
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GRE Reference
A list of words unfamiliar to me that I have repeatedly encountered in GRE question sets.
parochial, clique, salacious, aegis, ostracize, conceited, sacrilegious, inane, serendipity, gourmand, polemic, tenuous and 138 more...
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1100 words you need to know
GRE words
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 288 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL I
iconoclast, idiosyncrasy, ignoble, ignominious, illicit, illusory, illustrious, imbibe, imbue, immaculate, immaterial, immolate and 155 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for inane.
nuxiy "Generation was decreed and the being who was generated was willed as the "child of duty," namely, as one who must undertake and nourish the supernatural element of his stock and the liberation of the ancestor, and who must receive and pass on to future generations strength, life, and stability. Today, all this has become an inane fancy; men, instead of being in control of sex are controlled by it and wander about like drunkards without having the least cluse as to what takes place in the course of their embraces"
- Julius Evola in "The Revolt against the Modern World" Mar 23, 2009