From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinanei‧nane /ɪˈneɪn/ adjective STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEvery stupid or without much meaning Most pop lyrics are pretty inane. an inane remark —inanely adverb Dave smiled inanely. —inanity /ɪˈnænəti/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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inane• Lots and lots of rumors, most of which are inane.• I quickly switch the subject, asking him something inane about eighteenth-century poetics.• But in this return he sometimes found something as horribly inane as the tedium of the city clerk's world.• Penelope began an inane conversation about a recent best seller she had read.• Penny began an inane conversation about the book she was reading to fill the silence.• Bad acting, weak script and inane dialogue -- this movie is truly awful.• The evening was conducted according to the inane form of a quiz show.• In spite of his inane malapropisms, he can talk circles around everyone else in the book.• an inane movieOrigin inane (1500-1600) Latin inanis 