as in meaningless
having no meaning
inane and useless phrases, such as "have a nice day"
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as in vacuum
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Recent Examples of inane
Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Jon O'Brien, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022
HBO Max's row, although not listed as sponsored, suffers from the same inane, baseless content recommendations.
—Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
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Adjective
Musk could hold up Florida State as an example of this inane practice.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
However, even his uptempo contributions border on the inane.
—Jon O'Brien, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022
HBO Max's row, although not listed as sponsored, suffers from the same inane, baseless content recommendations.
—Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inane
Adjective
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And the testing is meaningless unless people are also being connected to treatment as quickly as possible.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First World War and condemned millions to a meaningless death seems jejune; historians teach us to say that the generals did their best under impossible conditions.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bobby's death also leaves a leadership vacuum as the 118 doesn't have a captain.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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This test can be trickier for some vacuums, as side brushes tend to fling rice particles on the slick surface.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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From there, the movie around her is soon reduced to a nothingness of its own making.—
Chase Hutchinson,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Vilenkin, meanwhile, has suggested that the universe instead emerged spontaneously from a state of nothingness via a strange quantum mechanics phenomenon known as quantum tunneling.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fascinated with the beverage that had just entered his life in a big way, Butler began studying wine to fill in the blanks on different varieties, the best regions, finest vintages, and the stories behind the bottles.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
13 Apr. 2025
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Some board directors remain in the dark, with only a report from The Age newspaper in January filling in the blanks.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The return from Chicago of Sammie’s gangster twin cousins, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), and their plan to open a juke joint force the tensions between father and son into the open, with both mortal and supernatural consequences.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Falcons said that Jax Ulbrich had written the phone number down off of an iPad that had been left out in the open at his parents' house.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Inane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inane. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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