inaneadjective
uk/ɪˈneɪn/us/ɪˈneɪn/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.
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- ornamental
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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inanely
adverb uk/ɪˈneɪn.li/us/ɪˈneɪn.li/
He grinned inanely.
inanity
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪˈnæn.ə.ti/us/ɪˈnæn.ə.t̬i/
His speech was full of inanities that were meant to be funny.
I was amazed at the inanity of her comments.