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Inane vs Uninterested - What's the difference?

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Inane is a related term of uninterested.


As adjectives the difference between inane and uninterested

is that inane is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) while uninterested is (obsolete) unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested.

As a noun inane

is that which is void or empty.

inane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
  • 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.
  • purposeless; pointless
  • * I. Taylor
  • Vague and inane instincts.

    Synonyms

    * (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapid

    Derived terms

    * inanely * inanity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is void or empty.
  • * Locke
  • The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
  • *1881 , :
  • [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane , or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    uninterested

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested.
  • Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.
  • I was uninterested in the TV program, so I read a book instead.

    See also

    * disinterested