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JEJUNE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking interest or significance or impact
Example:
jejune novel
Synonyms:
insipid; jejune
Classified under:
Similar:
uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)
Derivation:
jejuneness; jejunity (the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Example:
puerile jokes
Synonyms:
adolescent; jejune; juvenile; puerile
Classified under:
Similar:
immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)
Derivation:
jejuneness (lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life)
jejunity (the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Example:
the jejune diets of the very poor
Synonyms:
inadequate; jejune; poor; short
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
Derivation:
jejuneness; jejunity (quality of inadequate nutritive value)
