Meaning of JEJUNE
| Pronunciation: | | ji'joon
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- [adj] lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
- [adj] displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
- [adj] lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
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| | Synonyms: | | adolescent, immature, insipid, insubstantial, juvenile, puerile, uninteresting, unwholesome |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren,
scanty; of unknown origin.]
1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune
narrative. - {Je*june"ly}, adv. -- {Je*june"ness}, n.
--Bacon.
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