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jejuneness

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jejuneness - lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity
2.jejunenessjejuneness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
3.jejuneness - quality of lacking nutritive value
unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity - the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you


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