inane
Use Inane in a sentence
adjective
1.
lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions.
2.
empty; void.
noun
3.
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
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| —adj | |
| senseless, unimaginative, or empty; unintelligent: inane remarks | |
| [C17: from Latin inānis empty] | |
| in'anely | |
| —adv | |
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Inane
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is indolence. Does it mean:
| to suggest or hint slyly: |
| laziness |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
inane
"silly, empty-headed," 1819, earlier "empty" (1660s), a back-formation of inanity "emptiness, hollowness" (c.1600), later "silliness" (1753), from Fr. inanité, from L. inanitatem "emptiness," from inanis "empty, void, worthless, useless." Inanition is attested from c.1400.
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Example sentences
They are typically stale from overuse, usually wordy, often vague and occasionally inane.
All the special effects in the world would not have made up for the inane plot and forced acting.
For example, electronic media relay all kinds of information: valuable as well as inane, reliable as well as unsubstantiated.
Some of the stretches are inane and dull but all seems to end happily enough.
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