Inane vs Uninterested - What's the difference?
inane | uninterested | Related terms |
Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
purposeless; pointless
* I. Taylor
That which is void or empty.
* Locke
*1881 , :
(obsolete) Unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested.
Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.
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)- 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.
- Vague and inane instincts.
Synonyms
* (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapidDerived terms
* inanely * inanityNoun
(en noun)- The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
- [...] 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)- I was uninterested in the TV program, so I read a book instead.