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jejune

je·june

UK/d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/ US/d͡ʒiˈdʒuːn/ uncommon archaic dated

adjective

1.

lacking in nutritive value

  • “the jejune diets of the very poor”
2.

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

  • “adolescent insecurity”
  • “jejune responses to our problems”
  • “their behavior was juvenile”
  • “puerile jokes”
3.

lacking interest or significance

  • “an insipid personality”
  • “jejune novel”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”).

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