INANE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." I. Taylor. -- In*ane"ly, adv.

2.
n.

That which is void or empty. [R.] The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. Locke.

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