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jejune

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je·june  (j-jn)
adj.
1. Not interesting; dull: "and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases" (Anthony Trollope).
2. Lacking maturity; childish: surprised by their jejune responses to our problems.
3. Lacking in nutrition: a jejune diet.

[From Latin iinus, meager, dry, fasting.]

je·junely adv.
je·juneness n.

jejune
Adjective
1. simple and unsophisticated
2. dull and uninteresting [Latin jejunus empty]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.jejune - lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
2.jejune - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"
3.jejune - lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"


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I am not sure that he would not have longed for the quarrelling again, if it had ceased for an entire week; and it is certain that an acquiescent, mild wife would have left his meditations comparatively jejune and barren of mystery.
We pass in the world for sects and schools, for erudition and piety, and we are all the time jejune babes.
 
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