English-German translations for inane

• albern
• bedeutungslos
• geistlos
  Die Behauptung, der Bosporus trenne zwei Erdteile von einander, und die EU müsse an diesem Sund Halt machen, ist sowohl beschränkt als auch geistlos. The assertion that the Bosphorus divides two parts of the world and that the EU must stop there is both inane and vacuous.
• inhaltsleer
• sinnfrei
• sinnlos
• vergeblich
• zwecklos

Definition of inane

• Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance
• Purposeless; pointless
• That which is void or empty

Examples

• This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never

Related words

• financial
• inanimate
• financing
• ruminant
• finance
• dominant
• financially
• financier
• predominant
• contaminant