inane

inane

empty, pointless, lacking sense, complacently foolish: I was bored by the lecturer’s inane presentation.

Not to be confused with:

insane – afflicted with mental derangement, having a disordered mind, mad: Her bizarre threats were the result of an insane jealousy.

in·ane

 (ĭn-ān′)

adj. in·an·er, in·an·est

Lacking sense or substance: interrupting with inane comments; angry with my inane roommate.

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[Latin inānis, empty, lacking sense.]

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in·ane′ly adv.

inane

(ɪˈneɪn)

adj

senseless, unimaginative, or empty; unintelligent: inane remarks.

[C17: from Latin inānis empty]

inˈanely adv

in•ane

(ɪˈneɪn)

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

inane - devoid of intelligence asinine, fatuous, vacuous, mindless foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

inane

adjective senseless, stupid, silly, empty, daft (informal), worthless, futile, trifling, frivolous, mindless, goofy (informal), idiotic, vacuous, fatuous, puerile, vapid, unintelligent, asinine, imbecilic, devoid of intelligence He always had this inane grin.
serious, significant, sensible, profound, worthwhile, meaningful, weighty

inane

adjective

Lacking intelligent thought or content:

blank, empty, empty-headed, vacant, vacuous.

Translations

inane

insensatosciocco

flauwinhoudsloosstomzinloos

inane

[ɪˈneɪn] ADJ [remark] → necio, fatuo, sonso (LAm); [laugh, task, activity] → tonto; [expression] (on face) → estúpido

inane

[ɪˈneɪn] adj [laugh, remark] → inepte

inane

adj → dumm; suggestion also → hirnverbrannt

inane

[ɪˈneɪn] adj (remark) → sciocco/a, stupido/a