See inane in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 237:",
"text": "Francesca followed, reluctant enough in her secret; for though she would not have admitted it even to herself, she did shrink from the infliction of the inane solemnities with which her father garnished his discourse—to say nothing of the ungracious reflections which so often glanced at herself.",
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"ref": "2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 156:",
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"text": "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.",
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "глупав"
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"word": "безсмислен"
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "va"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "vacu"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "hloupý"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "stupidní"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "nejapný"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "intetsigende"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "åndsforladt"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "zinloos"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "inhoudsloos"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "stom"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "flauw"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "tyhjä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "merkityksetön"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "typerä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "inepte"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "insensé"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "niais"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "inane"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "sinnlos"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "albern"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "bedeutungslos"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "sinnfrei"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "inhaltsleer"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "belanglos"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "heahea"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "intetsigende"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "bezmyślny"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "głupi"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "beztreściowy"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "inane"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "vão"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "vazio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "fútil"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glúpyj",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "глу́пый"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustój",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "пусто́й"
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "бессмы́сленный"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "sin sentido"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "absurdo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "inane"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "intetsägande"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking sense or meaning",
"word": "andefattig"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "məqsədsiz"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "bezcelen",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "безцелен"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "vacu"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "bezúčelný"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "zbytečný"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "marný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "prázdný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "doelloos"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"tags": [
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"word": "inane"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "inutile"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "vain"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "inane"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "vergeblich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "zwecklos"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "inane"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "inane"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
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"word": "inutil"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "bescélʹnyj",
"sense": "purposeless; pointless",
"word": "бесце́льный"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "бессмы́сленный"
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"ref": "1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 13:",
"text": "The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.",
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"ref": "1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:",
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