Definition of inane in English:

inane

adjective ɪˈneɪnɪˈneɪn

Lacking sense or meaning; silly.
don't badger people with inane questions
别老是用无聊的问题骚扰人。
Example sentencesExamples
- I can only imagine that the post-convention theme will be just as inane.
- Some people chew gum when they quit smoking - I just find more inane things to obsess about.
- I'm just having a difficult time with the media and their inane coverage of this campaign.
- We'd already been bickering over something inane on the way to an event that night.
- I reminded myself of the inane woman I once overheard in a garden shop.
- He is over fond of parenthesis and inane wisecracks.
- Brooke glanced back out the window, away from this boy and his inane and pointless questions.
- I am very disappointed that the Minister of Finance interrupts with such a silly, inane comment.
- He kept coming out with moronic and inane comments.
- I especially don't want to be welcomed and have to respond to friendly questions with a thin, watery smile and inane small talk.
- That last sentence is so inane you wonder whether he realizes what he's saying.
- Yet in my winding down from work I feel compelled to continue filling the awkward silence with inane conversation.
- Californian hippies in suits intone the inane and never-challenged mantra that information wants to be free.
- I brace myself for something offensive or vulgar or just inane enough to cause me to stifle a laugh.
- To pretend that her critics have merely misplaced their anger is psychobabble of the most inane sort.
- Hey, it's better than being herded into a line and forced to watch inane television programs.
- The more time there is to fill news, the more inane things are going to be said.
- Then it's back to earth for an inane, no-brain, audience-participation pub quiz.
- My clock beeps because I don't like waking up to loud music, or some inane DJ telling me what a wonderful day it is.
- Did this debate speak to you, or were you embarrassed by some of these inane questions?
- This question, as inane as it might seem, is extremely important and far deeper than one would suppose.
- Additionally, it is inane to suggest that any Texas voters will be confused or misled by our client's website.
- I still think that they think some of the things that I've done theatrically are inane.
- I try to be as stupid and inane as possible about serious subjects, like a bloke in a pub.
- He's proud of his profession and hasn't got much time for poorly prepared reporters who ask inane questions.
- I bet you made up that whole stupid, inane, poorly written story about Ben Franklin and the seance.
- How foolish and childish and inane to think, and pray and hope, that all would justly right itself.
- This is the point when both sides are convinced that the other one is completely inane and ridiculously intractable.
- Why did he continue to make those inane movies and those bad songs?
- However, if you ask him to write a story he will bore you to death with the most inane and purely factual account of the events you can imagine.
- It is Charles's job to appear in front of the cameras, grin and bear it and answer sometimes unbearably inane questions with whatever panache he can muster.
- After about an hour full of restless moments and inane thoughts, finally it was 2 p.m.
- She didn't want to waste Jordan's time with inane questions about her love life.
- That hasn't prevented him becoming the object of ridicule among his peers or the victim of inane questioning about his lifestyle.
- Once again, my inane rambling doesn't have an answer at the end of it.
- Nothing before or since has been quite as bad, quite so pointless or inane.
- The rest of the album is equally mind-churningly inane.
- But we are digressing from a totally pointless and inane post here.
- And then imagine some inane TV presenter springs out on you and says that it was all a big practical joke.
- Granted, the ‘how many times a day do you think about it’ question is completely inane.
Synonyms
silly, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, risible, imbecilic, moronic, cretinous, unintelligent, witless, asinine, pointless, senseless, frivolous, nonsensical, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, vacuous, vapid, empty-headed
childish, puerile, infantile, jejune
informal daft, dumb, dim, half-baked, gormless, damfool
British informal divvy
Scottish &amp Northern English informal glaikit
North American informal dumb-ass
South African informal dof

Derivatives

inanely

adverbɪˈneɪnli

I know what some of you are thinking: ‘Oh, he's far too serious, and all he does is waffle on inanely, without providing any decent links to interesting sites around the net.’
Example sentencesExamples
- I said to him, inanely, ‘You seem to be a happy man.’
- Often I just nod inanely and mutter’ fine’ even when I am less than impressed.
- Davis grinned inanely as his support melted away.
- For some reason, this suddenly struck me as extremely funny, and I nearly burst out giggling inanely right there.

inaneness

noun

Technique is a helpful ally, but if you lean a little too heavily on computer graphics and other catch gizmos, they blind a viewer with inaneness.
Example sentencesExamples
- I would question you further, to demonstrate the inaneness of your comment, but I deem it unworthy of my time.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin inanis 'empty, vain'.

This is from Latin inanis ‘empty, vain’. The sense ‘silly, senseless’ dates from the beginning of the 19th century.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of inane in US English:

inane

adjectiveiˈnānɪˈneɪn

Silly; stupid.
愚蠢的，无聊的，愚笨的
don't constantly badger people with inane questions
别老是用无聊的问题骚扰人。
Example sentencesExamples
- This question, as inane as it might seem, is extremely important and far deeper than one would suppose.
- This is the point when both sides are convinced that the other one is completely inane and ridiculously intractable.
- Yet in my winding down from work I feel compelled to continue filling the awkward silence with inane conversation.
- It is Charles's job to appear in front of the cameras, grin and bear it and answer sometimes unbearably inane questions with whatever panache he can muster.
- I try to be as stupid and inane as possible about serious subjects, like a bloke in a pub.
- And then imagine some inane TV presenter springs out on you and says that it was all a big practical joke.
- Brooke glanced back out the window, away from this boy and his inane and pointless questions.
- Why did he continue to make those inane movies and those bad songs?
- Once again, my inane rambling doesn't have an answer at the end of it.
- I can only imagine that the post-convention theme will be just as inane.
- To pretend that her critics have merely misplaced their anger is psychobabble of the most inane sort.
- I'm just having a difficult time with the media and their inane coverage of this campaign.
- Did this debate speak to you, or were you embarrassed by some of these inane questions?
- Hey, it's better than being herded into a line and forced to watch inane television programs.
- We'd already been bickering over something inane on the way to an event that night.
- Californian hippies in suits intone the inane and never-challenged mantra that information wants to be free.
- After about an hour full of restless moments and inane thoughts, finally it was 2 p.m.
- The more time there is to fill news, the more inane things are going to be said.
- She didn't want to waste Jordan's time with inane questions about her love life.
- I especially don't want to be welcomed and have to respond to friendly questions with a thin, watery smile and inane small talk.
- But we are digressing from a totally pointless and inane post here.
- Nothing before or since has been quite as bad, quite so pointless or inane.
- I bet you made up that whole stupid, inane, poorly written story about Ben Franklin and the seance.
- He is over fond of parenthesis and inane wisecracks.
- My clock beeps because I don't like waking up to loud music, or some inane DJ telling me what a wonderful day it is.
- I brace myself for something offensive or vulgar or just inane enough to cause me to stifle a laugh.
- He's proud of his profession and hasn't got much time for poorly prepared reporters who ask inane questions.
- I am very disappointed that the Minister of Finance interrupts with such a silly, inane comment.
- How foolish and childish and inane to think, and pray and hope, that all would justly right itself.
- I still think that they think some of the things that I've done theatrically are inane.
- The rest of the album is equally mind-churningly inane.
- However, if you ask him to write a story he will bore you to death with the most inane and purely factual account of the events you can imagine.
- Additionally, it is inane to suggest that any Texas voters will be confused or misled by our client's website.
- I reminded myself of the inane woman I once overheard in a garden shop.
- Some people chew gum when they quit smoking - I just find more inane things to obsess about.
- That hasn't prevented him becoming the object of ridicule among his peers or the victim of inane questioning about his lifestyle.
- He kept coming out with moronic and inane comments.
- That last sentence is so inane you wonder whether he realizes what he's saying.
- Granted, the ‘how many times a day do you think about it’ question is completely inane.
- Then it's back to earth for an inane, no-brain, audience-participation pub quiz.
Synonyms
silly, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, risible, imbecilic, moronic, cretinous, unintelligent, witless, asinine, pointless, senseless, frivolous, nonsensical, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, vacuous, vapid, empty-headed

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin inanis ‘empty, vain’.

词汇	inane
释义	Definition of inane in English: inane adjective ɪˈneɪnɪˈneɪn Lacking sense or meaning; silly. don't badger people with inane questions 别老是用无聊的问题骚扰人。 Example sentencesExamples I can only imagine that the post-convention theme will be just as inane. Some people chew gum when they quit smoking - I just find more inane things to obsess about. I'm just having a difficult time with the media and their inane coverage of this campaign. We'd already been bickering over something inane on the way to an event that night. I reminded myself of the inane woman I once overheard in a garden shop. He is over fond of parenthesis and inane wisecracks. Brooke glanced back out the window, away from this boy and his inane and pointless questions. I am very disappointed that the Minister of Finance interrupts with such a silly, inane comment. He kept coming out with moronic and inane comments. I especially don't want to be welcomed and have to respond to friendly questions with a thin, watery smile and inane small talk. That last sentence is so inane you wonder whether he realizes what he's saying. Yet in my winding down from work I feel compelled to continue filling the awkward silence with inane conversation. Californian hippies in suits intone the inane and never-challenged mantra that information wants to be free. I brace myself for something offensive or vulgar or just inane enough to cause me to stifle a laugh. To pretend that her critics have merely misplaced their anger is psychobabble of the most inane sort. Hey, it's better than being herded into a line and forced to watch inane television programs. The more time there is to fill news, the more inane things are going to be said. Then it's back to earth for an inane, no-brain, audience-participation pub quiz. My clock beeps because I don't like waking up to loud music, or some inane DJ telling me what a wonderful day it is. Did this debate speak to you, or were you embarrassed by some of these inane questions? This question, as inane as it might seem, is extremely important and far deeper than one would suppose. Additionally, it is inane to suggest that any Texas voters will be confused or misled by our client's website. I still think that they think some of the things that I've done theatrically are inane. I try to be as stupid and inane as possible about serious subjects, like a bloke in a pub. He's proud of his profession and hasn't got much time for poorly prepared reporters who ask inane questions. I bet you made up that whole stupid, inane, poorly written story about Ben Franklin and the seance. How foolish and childish and inane to think, and pray and hope, that all would justly right itself. This is the point when both sides are convinced that the other one is completely inane and ridiculously intractable. Why did he continue to make those inane movies and those bad songs? However, if you ask him to write a story he will bore you to death with the most inane and purely factual account of the events you can imagine. It is Charles's job to appear in front of the cameras, grin and bear it and answer sometimes unbearably inane questions with whatever panache he can muster. After about an hour full of restless moments and inane thoughts, finally it was 2 p.m. She didn't want to waste Jordan's time with inane questions about her love life. That hasn't prevented him becoming the object of ridicule among his peers or the victim of inane questioning about his lifestyle. Once again, my inane rambling doesn't have an answer at the end of it. Nothing before or since has been quite as bad, quite so pointless or inane. The rest of the album is equally mind-churningly inane. But we are digressing from a totally pointless and inane post here. And then imagine some inane TV presenter springs out on you and says that it was all a big practical joke. Granted, the ‘how many times a day do you think about it’ question is completely inane. Synonyms silly, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, risible, imbecilic, moronic, cretinous, unintelligent, witless, asinine, pointless, senseless, frivolous, nonsensical, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, vacuous, vapid, empty-headed childish, puerile, infantile, jejune informal daft, dumb, dim, half-baked, gormless, damfool British informal divvy Scottish &amp Northern English informal glaikit North American informal dumb-ass South African informal dof Derivatives inanely adverbɪˈneɪnli I know what some of you are thinking: ‘Oh, he's far too serious, and all he does is waffle on inanely, without providing any decent links to interesting sites around the net.’ Example sentencesExamples I said to him, inanely, ‘You seem to be a happy man.’ Often I just nod inanely and mutter’ fine’ even when I am less than impressed. Davis grinned inanely as his support melted away. For some reason, this suddenly struck me as extremely funny, and I nearly burst out giggling inanely right there. inaneness noun Technique is a helpful ally, but if you lean a little too heavily on computer graphics and other catch gizmos, they blind a viewer with inaneness. Example sentencesExamples I would question you further, to demonstrate the inaneness of your comment, but I deem it unworthy of my time. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin inanis 'empty, vain'. This is from Latin inanis ‘empty, vain’. The sense ‘silly, senseless’ dates from the beginning of the 19th century. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of inane in US English: inane adjectiveiˈnānɪˈneɪn Silly; stupid. 愚蠢的，无聊的，愚笨的 don't constantly badger people with inane questions 别老是用无聊的问题骚扰人。 Example sentencesExamples This question, as inane as it might seem, is extremely important and far deeper than one would suppose. This is the point when both sides are convinced that the other one is completely inane and ridiculously intractable. Yet in my winding down from work I feel compelled to continue filling the awkward silence with inane conversation. It is Charles's job to appear in front of the cameras, grin and bear it and answer sometimes unbearably inane questions with whatever panache he can muster. I try to be as stupid and inane as possible about serious subjects, like a bloke in a pub. And then imagine some inane TV presenter springs out on you and says that it was all a big practical joke. Brooke glanced back out the window, away from this boy and his inane and pointless questions. Why did he continue to make those inane movies and those bad songs? Once again, my inane rambling doesn't have an answer at the end of it. I can only imagine that the post-convention theme will be just as inane. To pretend that her critics have merely misplaced their anger is psychobabble of the most inane sort. I'm just having a difficult time with the media and their inane coverage of this campaign. Did this debate speak to you, or were you embarrassed by some of these inane questions? Hey, it's better than being herded into a line and forced to watch inane television programs. We'd already been bickering over something inane on the way to an event that night. Californian hippies in suits intone the inane and never-challenged mantra that information wants to be free. After about an hour full of restless moments and inane thoughts, finally it was 2 p.m. The more time there is to fill news, the more inane things are going to be said. She didn't want to waste Jordan's time with inane questions about her love life. I especially don't want to be welcomed and have to respond to friendly questions with a thin, watery smile and inane small talk. But we are digressing from a totally pointless and inane post here. Nothing before or since has been quite as bad, quite so pointless or inane. I bet you made up that whole stupid, inane, poorly written story about Ben Franklin and the seance. He is over fond of parenthesis and inane wisecracks. My clock beeps because I don't like waking up to loud music, or some inane DJ telling me what a wonderful day it is. I brace myself for something offensive or vulgar or just inane enough to cause me to stifle a laugh. He's proud of his profession and hasn't got much time for poorly prepared reporters who ask inane questions. I am very disappointed that the Minister of Finance interrupts with such a silly, inane comment. How foolish and childish and inane to think, and pray and hope, that all would justly right itself. I still think that they think some of the things that I've done theatrically are inane. The rest of the album is equally mind-churningly inane. However, if you ask him to write a story he will bore you to death with the most inane and purely factual account of the events you can imagine. Additionally, it is inane to suggest that any Texas voters will be confused or misled by our client's website. I reminded myself of the inane woman I once overheard in a garden shop. Some people chew gum when they quit smoking - I just find more inane things to obsess about. That hasn't prevented him becoming the object of ridicule among his peers or the victim of inane questioning about his lifestyle. He kept coming out with moronic and inane comments. That last sentence is so inane you wonder whether he realizes what he's saying. Granted, the ‘how many times a day do you think about it’ question is completely inane. Then it's back to earth for an inane, no-brain, audience-participation pub quiz. Synonyms silly, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, risible, imbecilic, moronic, cretinous, unintelligent, witless, asinine, pointless, senseless, frivolous, nonsensical, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, vacuous, vapid, empty-headed Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin inanis ‘empty, vain’.
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