The phrase "asinine to" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe something as foolish or absurd. Example: It was asinine to think that the problem could be solved easily.
As this latest study proves, it's asinine to think that a vaccination is a gateway drug to sex.
It would be asinine to argue that Benham can do whatever he likes just because he owns Brentford, that there should be no scrutiny of his actions, yet surely he is providing an example that other clubs would do well to follow.
At the same time, because it's a question of police and vigilante violence is so prevalent at this particular moment in this country, it feels asinine to be calling for gun control when black people, in particular, are on the losing end of that conversation, so there's that.
It would be asinine to raise taxes in a slowing economy.
It's asinine to suggest further changes will destroy this country.
But it is utterly asinine to presume Paul thinks the poor were idle.
ZEALOTRY The Congressional Tea Party Caucus founder, Michele Bachmann, who never misses a chance to say something asinine, suggested to the conservative site wnd.com that it was "reasonable" to worry that the I.R.S. might use Obamacare to kill conservatives.
I want to talk about her continual use of the word "faggot," her asinine attempts to liken it to the use of the "N" word and how her theory is also misogynistic and insulting to women and the entire lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
"I thank God that Putnam County has a clerk with the guts to stand up and draw the line here in Putnam County," said State Senator Greg Ball, who referred to the editors as "elitist eggheads" who made an "asinine" decision to publish the map.
Paula Deen's usage of "nigga" and/or "nigger" (I refuse to use "n-word" in writing as I think that is a beyond asinine epithet to use with anyone above the age of 12) has caused a circus among American media along with uproar within the black community.
Lastly, it was asinine not to understand that private capital demands financial returns well above the cost of capital available to the low-risk state.
