asinine
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8.7
- adjective
- /ˈæsɪˌnaɪn/
- Offensive
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- His asinine comments during the meeting made everyone roll their eyes in frustration.
- asinine thing
- asinine comment
- asinine behavior
I said really one of the most asinine absurdities you can recall.
- I said really one of the most asinine absurdities you can recall.
- I mean, think about the message that these asinine people are sending to the young people.
- Yeah, there were so many people trying to grab money with the most, like, asinine dumb shit.
- And I said, I think signing day is asinine.
- And such an empty, asinine, absurd promise, which they both knew could never be kept.
- The performative lunch making for little kids is, first of all, it's the most asinine thing I've ever seen.
- And until we collectively get into the get into the business of wanting to move forward together, we're just going to it's asinine.
Examples
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It's like people spend money on the most asinine stuff in the world.
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Such a belief is not only asinine, but also frightening and dangerous.
Academic text (2013) -
Oh boy this is so asinine but here we are.
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It's just asinine that the laws are what they are these days.
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Of all the asinine things my dad has done, this is by far the most asinine.
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The difference is I try not to say or do asinine things on a daily basis.
Blog text (4) -
Honestly, Harry how in the world could you possible do such a stupid, asinine thing?
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Well, you know, Fred puts up with his kids' asinine friends.
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Why can't I get this asinine joke out of my head?
Fiction book (2000) -
As this was not so, we seem to have here a particularly asinine example of bureaucratic bungling.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not intelligent and showing poor judgment
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1.3
Not showing good sense and making unwise choices
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4.4
Very silly and showing bad judgment
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7.5
Very silly and having no real meaning
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8.9
Silly and foolish while acting proud of oneself
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8.8
Very stupid or showing poor judgment
Very foolish and showing little common sense
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
asinine = ass (semi-transparent) = asin + ine
The adjective's meaning ('like an ass') relates to the noun 'ass', but the form is borrowed and altered (asin- + -ine), so the relation is not fully obvious to average learners.
Etymology
The word asinine comes from the Latin asinus, which means 'donkey'. People long ago thought donkeys were not clever, so asinine now means 'very foolish' or 'stupid'.