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[ US /ˈæsəˌnaɪn/ ]
[ UK /ˈæsɪnˌa‍ɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. extremely silly or stupid

How To Use asinine In A Sentence

  • It is the most perfectly asinine closing statement I think I have ever heard by a ‘professional’ writer.
  • What an asinine remark!
  • Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations. December 7th, 2005
  • Next time: post some actual research about what people actually think in these particular states before asininely commenting on the subject with no regard for the actual facts on the ground. Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken
  • And the obnoxious rantings of certain techno-utopians border on the asinine when they don't cross it. Journalism: product v process (Blog for Democracy)
  • Meanwhile, the Crown is held to account for every syllable uttered, all the while keeping an eye on the allocated budget, which tends to result in asinine decisions to only take to trial cases which are absolute slam dunks.
  • This concept of fun should include more than the few dozen people willing to grind their way through an asinine number of hours to become the best of the best*. MMOG Nation » The Nature of the Game
  • Perhaps this is only another example of the asinine and anserous dunderheadedness of these crass provincials. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891
  • And over all that was this asinine tingling in her chest because of his voice in her ear. FLIGHT LESSONS
  • After tea, we were entertained with a sonata on the harpsichord by lady Bullford, who sung and played to admiration; but Sir Thomas seemed to be a little asinine in the article of ears, though he affected to be in raptures, and begged his wife to favour us with an arietta of her own composing. — The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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