inane
silly, without meaning
TRANSLATION
inane = sinnlos, nichtig --- GOOGLE INDEX inane: approximately 3,800,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Many social networks make comments visible to large numbers of people and search engines and ensure that a permanent record is kept of every INANE observation, spiteful aside or potentially libellous comment on a respected public figure.
(BBC News)
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Yiran Sheng, a postgraduate at Syracuse University, in a moment of creative boredom, decided to find out what would happen if he pitched two robot chat sites against each other. The result is a fantastic blend of the INANE, slightly flirtatious and the surreal.
(Wall Street Journal)
(BBC News)
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Yiran Sheng, a postgraduate at Syracuse University, in a moment of creative boredom, decided to find out what would happen if he pitched two robot chat sites against each other. The result is a fantastic blend of the INANE, slightly flirtatious and the surreal.
(Wall Street Journal)
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inane
adjective
- lacking sense or meaning; silly
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Inane dinner guests
The famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once found himself seated at a dinner party beside a pompous young bore who proved to be a fountain of trivial information. Having politely entertained his neighbour's inane observations throughout the meal, Shaw finally spoke:
"You know," he began, "between the two of us we know all there is to know."
"How is that?" the man asked, intrigued.
"Well," Shaw explained, "you seem to know everything except that you're a bore - and I know that."
Etymology: Inane comes from the Latin inanitas, "emptiness, hollowness."
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SYNONYMS
empty, frivolous, meaningless, mindless, pointless, senseless, silly, trifling, vacuous
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Would you say that TV reality shows are an inane form of entertainment?"
adjective
- lacking sense or meaning; silly
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Inane dinner guests
The famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once found himself seated at a dinner party beside a pompous young bore who proved to be a fountain of trivial information. Having politely entertained his neighbour's inane observations throughout the meal, Shaw finally spoke:
"You know," he began, "between the two of us we know all there is to know."
"How is that?" the man asked, intrigued.
"Well," Shaw explained, "you seem to know everything except that you're a bore - and I know that."
Etymology: Inane comes from the Latin inanitas, "emptiness, hollowness."
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SYNONYMS
empty, frivolous, meaningless, mindless, pointless, senseless, silly, trifling, vacuous
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Would you say that TV reality shows are an inane form of entertainment?"
