going nowhere vs inane

going nowhere

inane

noun

  • That which is void or empty. 

adj

  • Purposeless; pointless 

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

  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) (lacking sense): 

How often have the words going nowhere and inane occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )