Jejune

Word JEJUNE
Character 6
Hyphenation je june
Pronunciations /dʒiˈdʒuːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Jejune"

What do we mean by jejune?

Not interesting; dull. adjective

Lacking maturity; childish. adjective

Lacking in nutrition. adjective

Scantily supplied or furnished; attenuated; poor.

Barren; unfurnished; wanting pith or interest, as a literary production; devoid of sense or knowledge, as a person; dry; uninteresting; shallow.

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance. adjective

Void of interest; barren; meager; dry. adjective

Juvenile; childish; immature. adjective

Lacking nutritional value. adjective

Not nutritious. adjective

Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance. adjective

Naive; simplistic. adjective

Lacking in nutritive value adjective

Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity adjective

Lacking interest or significance or impact adjective

(now rare) Not nutritious.

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

Naive; simplistic.

Naive, simple or childish Urban Dictionary

One of those words that are found in a vocabulary textbook Means childish, juvenile Urban Dictionary

It’s origin is the Latin word jejunus , which means without food, barren, so Jejune Literally means to intellectually starve to death. Urban Dictionary

The worst word in the English language, jejune just bleeds pomposity and snobbery. If you seriously use jejune in a sentence you a) are automatically an asshole and b) should be slapped across the mouth. Urban Dictionary

A word that sounds so terrible and random, that it is a top competitor for the worst word in the English language. Does this word really sound like something that describes "naive, simplistic, and superficial"? Of course not. Urban Dictionary

A word Mr. Jolly says too much and it makes no sense. Claims he got it from a tv show but idk. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Jejune

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The word "jejune" in example sentences

Quigley explained why he loves the word "jejune'' - "it just looks like a wrong word; it's crazy, I would never use it in conversation'' - and talks about personalities we both admire, such as Rex Parker, the self-proclaimed "king of CrossWorld'', Elizabeth Gorski, and the men he calls the "Three Jesuses'' of crosswords: Patrick Berry, Mike Shenk and Frank Longo. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Will someone please call the jejune nutjobs in Seattle and tell them to GROW THE FUCK UP? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Further, although I disagree with your characterization of Alyosha's religious faith as "jejune," couldn't the same description apply with equal force to Ivan's atheism? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Arguably, Alyosha's religion * is* "jejune" at that point; he has not yet undergone his crisis after the death of Father Zossima. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yet ironically, two television programs aimed at young people and animated by a kind of jejune foolery -- Jon Stewart's Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert's Colbert Report -- sell a great many books, more perhaps than more traditional "adult venues," and far more than newspaper reviews. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And Hazlitt's judgment on him, that he is "jejune" and ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Sweet jeebus, when god created the word, "jejune," he was thinking of dear Meghan. by: you @ soon ❋ Autumn Sandeen (2009)

If a new movie you have been looking forward to has been described as jejune by reputable sources what would be your best course of action? a.) wait until it comes out in June ❋ Unknown (2008)

If these words sound jejune, the song is not: While Demi's voice struck me as colorless in the past, here her raspy vocals crash and soar, the sound of a muffled cry caught in her throat; that undifferentiated delivery has been swapped for a style that's deeply emotional, and even -- dare I say it -- adult. ❋ Sam Lansky (2011)

So rather than dwell on the neat category "fraud," maybe we should be thinking in terms of jejune Chinese executives colliding with the nuanced expectations of Western stock investors. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

Some have called his conducting inspiring; others dismiss it as jejune. ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

The Louisiana governor, alternately smug and jejune, articulated precisely the ideology — those G.O.P. “policies” in the Times/CBS poll — that Americans reject: the conviction that government is useless and has no role in an emergency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Your tactically jejune stewardship of the national team? ❋ Unknown (2011)

Crowley's press conference was jejune and rapidly vapid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Strauss was the film's sound editor, composed a piece of jejune music that a count in the movie showed to Mozart in the movie and even appeared onscreen in one scene as a conductor. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This heavy-handed, jejune exercise in score-settling, which resonates with the literal meaning of "shapeshifting" in Indian cultures the ability to transform into other beings, is a jarring start to a thought-provoking show. ❋ Lee Rosenbaum (2012)

He made jejune generalizations about how all [students] were [lazy] and never did any [work]. ❋ Leszek Trojanowski (2005)

His jejune [behavior] made him [seem] as [mature] as a two year old. ❋ Itsasecreticanttell (2019)

[Watching] [Fox News] is very [jejune]. ❋ Aunt Nanny (2019)

"I [detected] a [jejune] air that had not [irked] me before."- Brideshead Revisited ❋ Lord Sebastian (2014)

There are 2 types of people in the world who use the word "[jejune]". 1. Those who deserve to be [slapped]. 2. Xearrik's [Subscribers] ❋ I'm You, But Just A Bit Cooler (2018)

[Mr]. [Jolly]: Jejune Everyone: [Shut up] ❋ Fruitoftheloom123 (2019)

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