inane
adjective /ɪˈneɪn/Definition
› extremely silly or with no real meaning or importance: He's always making inane remarks. There are too many inane quiz shows on television these days.Useless and futile inanely /-li/ adverb › He grinned inanely.Useless and futile inanity /ɪˈnæn.ə.ti/
/-t̬i/ noun [C or U] › His speech was full of inanities that were meant to be funny. I was amazed at the inanity of her comments.Useless and futile
/-t̬i/ noun [C or U] › His speech was full of inanities that were meant to be funny. I was amazed at the inanity of her comments.Useless and futile(Definition of inane adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- outlive your usefulness idiom
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
- vainly adverb
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Useless and futile
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