Jejune Definition & Meaning

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

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