Jejune
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Jejune is an adjective meaning (by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
Meaning
(by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
More Meanings
- Naive; simplistic.
- (dated, now rare) Not nutritious.
Example Sentences
Gradus had long been a member of all sorts of jejune leftist organizations.
The debates are necessary and, even at their most jejune, not totally without worth.
He laid the brush aside and, laughing with delight, cried: -Will he come? The jejune Jesuit.
This renders the recognition of alternatives a paramount necessity for a logic of discovery, which can no longer dismiss them with a jejune chapter on 'disjunctive propositions'.
Synonyms for jejune
Depending on context, synonyms include dry, insipid, poor, artless, callow, childlike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include insubstantial, insipid, uninteresting, unwholesome, juvenile, puerile.
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