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JEJUNITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quality of inadequate nutritive value
Synonyms:
jejuneness; jejunity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("jejunity" is a kind of...):
inadequacy; inadequateness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)
Derivation:
jejune (of insufficient quantity to meet a need)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
Synonyms:
jejuneness; jejunity; tameness; vapidity; vapidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("jejunity" is a kind of...):
dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)
Derivation:
jejune (lacking interest or significance or impact)
jejune (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity)