Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.
The word 'insane' is correct and commonly used in written English. You can use it to describe something that is mad, unreasonable, or extreme. Example sentence: The crowds were insane at the music festival.
It was insane".
This is what happens when you have live TV folks, I'm so sorry, this is insane".
It also let pass without challenge a frankly insane franchise that cut out the third largest Scottish city on earth (London), and handed it to (splendid, but quite possibly over-optimistic) schoolchildren.
If half of the indignation expended on Cantona's insane assault had been invested in combatting the aggressive culture of the terraces then Wednesday's incident might never have happened.
It was awful, it was bloody and it was a senseless crime but just because something's a senseless crime doesn't make a person insane," Starnes said.
The director of planning at the Conservative-controlled authority, John Walker, described the policy as "insane".
He is neither "sane" nor "insane" but a fellow human being who speaks to us with courage and honesty.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com