🤡 Inane: Not Too Far Off From Insane, Actually
INANE most nearly means: A) cogent; B) fatuous; C) meticulous; D) candid. Answer inside. 👉️
If it’s inane, it’s pretty danged silly. And inane sounds like insane, so it’s easy to remember.
📚️ Definition of Inane
Inane (adjective): Lacking sense, meaning, or substance; silly, empty-headed, or pointless. Example: inane chatter.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Inane
IPA: /ɪˈneɪn/ (See IPA key)
Phonetic: ih-NAYN
📰 Examples of Inane
Here are some examples of the word inane:
The multi-level marketing representative’s inane questions, like, “Could you use an extra $2,000 per month?” or “Have you ever dreamt of being your own boss?” put me off pretty quickly.
Inane comes from the Latin inanis, meaning “empty.”
At night after finishing my homework, I admit I love engaging in a little inane chat with friends.
“I saw the flaring atom-streams / And torrents of her myriad universe, / Ruining along the illimitable inane.” [Here inane uses an older sense of the word to mean emptiness.] — Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Lucretius” (1868)
🗣️ Common Collocations of Inane
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
inane chatter
an inane question
inane remarks
utterly inane
mind-numbingly inane
Quiz answer: B, fatuous.