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Thesaurus: inane

Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.

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  1. a. Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.
  2. n. That which is void or empty.
  3. adj. extremely silly or stupid
  4. Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." I. Taylor. -- In*ane"ly, adv. That which is void or empty. [R.] The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. Locke.
  5. Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence;purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inaneinstincts." I. Taylor.-- In*ane"ly, adv.
  6. j:100 s devoid of intelligence