different between inane vs careless

English

Etymology

From Middle French inane, from Latin in?nis (“empty, vain, useless”) which is of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ne?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

inane (comparative inaner or more inane, superlative inanest or most inane)

1. Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)

   (lacking sense): Synonyms: silly, fatuous, vapid

2. Purposeless; pointless
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

     Vague and inane instincts.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

inane (plural inanes)

1. That which is void or empty.

   • The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.

   • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

     [...] 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

• -anine, Annie, nenia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin in?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?na.ne/
• Hyphenation: i?nà?ne

Adjective

inane (plural inani) (literary)

1. (rare) empty, void, hollow

   Synonyms: (literary) vacuo, vuoto

   Antonyms: colmo, pieno

2. useless, vain, inane

   Synonyms: inconcludente, infruttuoso, inutile, (literary) irrito, vano

   Antonym: utile

Derived terms

• inanità

Anagrams

• nenia

References

• inane in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

in?ne

1. nominative neuter singular of in?nis
2. accusative neuter singular of in?nis
3. vocative neuter singular of in?nis

References

• inane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin in?nis.

Adjective

inane m or f (plural inanes, comparable)

1. inane (lacking sense or meaning)

   Synonyms: vão, vazio, fútil

Related terms

• inanição

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin in?nis.

Adjective

inane (plural inanes)

1. inane; pointless

English

Etymology

From Middle English careles, from Old English carl?as (“careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free”), equivalent to care +? -less. Cognate with Icelandic kærulaus (“careless, negligent”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??l?s/, /?k??l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??l?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?s

Adjective

careless (comparative more careless, superlative most careless)

1. Not concerned or worried (about). [from 11^thc.]

   • "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him."
     "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?"
     "This morning, before father went downtown."
     Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.

2. Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16^thc.]
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 49:

     I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.

3. (archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety. [from 11^thc.]

   • Good-humored, easy, and careless, he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

• carelessly
• carelessness

Translations

Anagrams

• acreless, raceless, rescales