JEJUNE

insipid, jejune

(adjective) lacking interest or significance or impact; “an insipid personality”; “jejune novel”

adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile

(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes”

inadequate, poor, short, jejune

(adjective) of insufficient quantity to meet a need; “an inadequate income”; “a poor salary”; “money is short”; “on short rations”; “food is in short supply”; “short on experience”; “the jejune diets of the very poor”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

jejune (comparative more jejune, superlative most jejune)

(dated, now rare) Not nutritious.

(by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.

Synonyms: dry, insipid, poor

Naive; simplistic.

Synonym: Thesaurus:naive

Source: Wiktionary

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Je*june", a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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