jejune

/dʤi'dʤu:n/
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jejune

A student finds the textbook's jejune chapter difficult to focus on.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Lacking interest, significance, or impact; dull; insipid. Describing something that is uninteresting, uninspiring, or intellectually shallow. 2. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; childish; puerile. Describing ideas, behavior, or responses that are naive, simplistic, or unsophisticated. 3. Lacking in nutritive value; meager; barren. Describing something that is poor in substance or nourishment, often literally referring to food or diet.

Examples of Usage
  • Meaning 1 (Dull, Insipid):
    • The lecture was so jejune that half the audience fell asleep.
    • Critics dismissed the film as a jejune attempt at social commentary.
  • Meaning 2 (Childish, Immature):
    • His jejune arguments failed to address the complexity of the issue.
    • We were disappointed by the panel's jejune responses to such serious questions.
  • Meaning 3 (Meager, Barren):
    • The refugees survived on a jejune diet of bread and water.
    • The jejune soil could not support any substantial crops.
Advanced Usage
  • "Jejune" is a formal and somewhat literary word. It is often used in critical contexts (e.g., literary criticism, academic reviews, or sophisticated commentary) to express strong disapproval of something's quality or depth.
  • It can describe abstract concepts (ideas, conversations, art) as well as concrete things (diet, land).
Variants and Related Words
  • Jejuneness (noun): The state or quality of being jejune.
    • The jejuneness of the plot made the novel difficult to finish.
  • Jejunely (adverb): In a jejune manner.
    • The concept was jejunely presented.
Synonyms
  • For meanings 1 & 2: Insipid, vapid, banal, inane, puerile, juvenile, naive, unsophisticated, dull, tedious, dry.
  • For meaning 3: Meager, scanty, sparse, barren, poor, unnutritious.
Antonyms
  • For meanings 1 & 2: Interesting, stimulating, profound, sophisticated, mature.
  • For meaning 3: Nutritious, nourishing, rich, abundant, fertile.
jejune

A student finds the textbook's jejune chapter difficult to focus on.

Adjective
  1. lacking interest or significance or impact
    • an insipid personality
    • jejune novel
  2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
    • adolescent insecurity
    • jejune responses to our problems
    • their behavior was juvenile
    • puerile jokes
  3. lacking in nutritive value
    • the jejune diets of the very poor

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