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Meanings of asinine in English

Devoid of intelligence.

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Usage of asinine in English
1
Despite having actual experience in government, the others were just as asinine.
Ebony
2
And in saying it poor Stuyvesant realized it was an asinine thing.
Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila
3
Their art form was asinine, covertly conservative and far too popular.
The Guardian
4
I don't wish to be offensive, but I think it's asinine.
Secret Sanction
5
After making this rather asinine statement Hockey did admit, it's expensive.
The Guardian
6
Unfortunately, Victor took the opportunity to throw in one of his asinine comments.
American assassin
7
Personages of enormous importance used to drop in-andreveal themselves as rather asinine.
The Inheritors
8
Mules do the same, and perhaps derive the faculty from their asinine blood.
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
9
He did this in the most asinine and sexist way imaginable.
Ebony
10
None of this should surprise him, but for some asinine reason it did.
Stolen heat
11
The Master, hearing the glad racket, did a thoroughly asinine thing.
Further Adventures of Lad
12
This time, not only was he not convincing, it sounded asinine.
The capitol game
13
He wondered whether he might not be afflicted with asinine pride.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
14
Assuming the asinine form he has to live for ten years.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
15
Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectation.
The Irish Times
16
The man's words are asinine, and he knows they are asinine.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
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