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inane

adjective

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Lacking sense, significance, or substance.

The inane slogan said little about what the service actually did.
Dictionary practice example.
An inane suggestion that the shortage of racks would disappear if everyone simply stopped counting bicycles offered the campaign no useful idea.
From The Sound of an Argument.
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