Asinine - English meaning

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

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The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Stupid; very foolish.

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A brainless bimbo

adjective

Stupid or thoughtless

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That was a brainless thing to do!

adjective

Of, like, or appropriate to a child.

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Childish enthusiasm

adjective

Like or typical of a child, or intended for children

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A childish body, the pictures made the magazine look childish., kate is 43, but she can be childish…

adjective

(of a person) stupid; idiotic.

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A doltish character

adjective

Stupid

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He plays a doltish detective who misses clues that are staring him in the face., they spend every e…

adjective

Silly and pointless.

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A fatuous comment

adjective

Foolish or done without thinking

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A fatuous remark

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

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He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Very stupid.

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I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune

adjective

Stupid

noun

A stupid person.

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No matter what you call the mentally deficient, that term will come to be an insult when applied to…

adjective

Stupid; idiotic.

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Try not to make imbecile remarks

noun

A stupid person

adjective

Extremely stupid

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That was an imbecilic thing to do!, she looked at me with an imbecilic grin.

adjective

Of or occurring among babies or very young children.

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Infantile colic

adjective

Of or relating to babies

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Infantile diseases, infantile humor

adjective

In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

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He had gone insane

adjective

Extremely unreasonable, or mentally ill

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You’d have to be insane to spend $200 on dinner!, fisher went insane and had to be hospitalized.

adjective

So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Usage examples:

It's ludicrous that i have been fined

adjective

Ridiculous or foolish; unreasonable or unsuitable

Usage examples:

Some stories that initially seemed ludicrous turned out to be true.

noun

A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).

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She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum.

adjective

Mentally ill (not in technical use).

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A ward of lunatic old ladies

noun

A foolish or crazy person

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He drives like a lunatic., a lunatic criminal

adjective

Acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences.

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A generation of mindless vandals

adjective

Not reasonable or understandable

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People waste a lot of time doing mindless things.

adjective

Having no meaning; making no sense.

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A nonsensical argument

abbreviation

Page.

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See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

adjective

Having little or no sense, use, or purpose.

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Speculating like this is a pointless exercise

adjective

Having no useful purpose

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A pointless argument, the trip seemed pointless.

adjective

Contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.

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A preposterous suggestion

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Completely unreasonable and ridiculous; not to be believed

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It was a preposterous idea, and no one took it seriously.

adjective

Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

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That ridiculous tartan cap

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

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The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

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A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

adjective

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish.

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Another of his silly jokes

noun

Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman.

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Silly mid-on

adjective

Showing a lack of thought or judgment; not serious and not showing much intelligence

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A silly grin, i watched another silly movie last night., it’s time to stop the silliness and get se…

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

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I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…