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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
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
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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