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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking in nutritive value;
- Example: "the jejune diets of the very poor"
[syn: insubstantial, jejune]

2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;
- Example: "adolescent insecurity"
- Example: "jejune responses to our problems"
- Example: "their behavior was juvenile"
- Example: "puerile jokes"
[syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile]

3. lacking interest or significance or impact;
- Example: "an insipid personality"
- Example: "jejune novel"
[syn: insipid, jejune]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jejune \Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren,
   scanty; of unknown origin.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune
      narrative.

   3. Juvenile; childish; immature.
      [PJC]

   4. Lacking nutritional value.
      [PJC] - Je*june"ly, adv. -- Je*june"ness, n. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jejune
    adj 1: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very
           poor" [syn: insubstantial, jejune]
    2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
       insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
       behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent,
       jejune, juvenile, puerile]
    3: lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid
       personality"; "jejune novel" [syn: insipid, jejune]