lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
Used in a Sentence
jejune
How to use jejune in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for jejune.
Editorial note
Dart is jejune, knee-jerk, and conservative in its design, from what I have now seen.
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Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of jejune gathered in one view.
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for jejune.
adjective
lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
See also: insubstantial
adjective
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
See also: adolescent, juvenile, puerile
adjective
lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
See also: insipid
Example sentences
Dart is jejune, knee-jerk, and conservative in its design, from what I have now seen.
How is that a justification for making HN more jejune?
Of the former quotation, I at first thought, "How terrifically jejune.
This is the problem I saw in American high school when I moved to US: shallow introduction to mathematical topics made them vapid and jejune.
There will probably always be a snarky, jejune dismissal in every JavaScript thread, but commenters should think to themselves, “It doesn't have to be me.”
Unfortunately, that isn't a sentence: "jejune" is an adjective, not a noun; "belie" is a verb, not a noun; "inculcate" takes an indirect object with "in", not a direct object.
Offtopic, but a pet peeve: simplistic doesn't mean "having the qualities of, or relating to, being simple" as many people seem to think, it means something much more negative: "treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are" with the synonyms "facile, superficial, oversimple, oversimplified; shallow, jejune, naive.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use jejune in a sentence?
Dart is jejune, knee-jerk, and conservative in its design, from what I have now seen.
What does jejune mean?
lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
What part of speech is jejune?
jejune is commonly used as adjective.