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JEJUNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jejune mean?
• JEJUNE (adjective)
The adjective JEJUNE has 3 senses:
1. of insufficient quantity to meet a need
2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
3. lacking interest or significance or impact
Familiarity information: JEJUNE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Synonyms:
inadequate; jejune; poor; short
Context example:
the jejune diets of the very poor
Similar:
deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
Derivation:
jejuneness; jejunity (quality of inadequate nutritive value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Synonyms:
adolescent; jejune; juvenile; puerile
Context example:
puerile jokes
Similar:
immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)
Derivation:
jejuneness (lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life)
jejunity (the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lacking interest or significance or impact
Synonyms:
insipid; jejune
Context example:
jejune novel
Similar:
uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)
Derivation:
jejuneness; jejunity (the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated)
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