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Meanings of inane in English

Devoid of intelligence.

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Usage of inane in English
1
Our Congress is inane at the moment and hard to work with.
The Guardian
2
Allowing the inane commentary of vested interests to clog up comment facilities.
The Irish Times
3
His Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century are especially inane.
The Guardian
4
Camus has a lot to be responsible for with his inane ramblings.
The Irish Times
5
Some inane reply forced its way through the press of unuttered avowals.
David Malcolm
6
For it is remarkable how inane and unimaginative Utopias have generally been.
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
7
Young girls seemed to me to be inane, and I loved pleasure.
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
8
He does not talk with a silly lisp or an inane drawl.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
9
And that is why I have qualified the expert's objection as inane.
Notes on Life & Letters
10
Enough to have tolerated his inane judging routine on Britain's Got Talent?
The Guardian
11
I just have to ignore the inane almost all-male output of FM104.
The Irish Times
12
Beside this strong thinker, poor Susan's sweet talk seemed frivolous and inane.
Lucretia — Volume 06
13
Magazines and papers seemed to be filled with nothing but inane junk.
The Guardian
14
Of course, I hadn't really been watching their inane corporate shitcom every night.
Ready Player One
15
Inventing reasons to talk about Frank, inane weather reports from her own life.
The Girls
16
He must have been sorely tried in the face of my inane maunderings.
A Fool and His Money
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