Definition of jejune Jejune
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We found 10 definitions of jejune from 5 different sources.
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What does jejune mean?
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| jejune - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" | ||
| adolescent, juvenile, puerile | ||
| immature not yet mature | ||
| jejune - lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" | ||
| insipid | ||
| uninteresting characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food" | ||
| jejune - lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor" | ||
| insubstantial | ||
| unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jejune (Adjective)
Not nutritious. - jejune (Adjective)
Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance. - jejune (Adjective)
Naive; simplistic.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jejune (a.)
Lacking matter; empty; void of substance. - jejune (a.)
Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jejune
je-jōōn′, adj. empty: void of interest: barren.—adv. Jejune′ly.—ns. Jejune′ness; Jeju′num, the second division of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum. [L. jejunus, hungry.]
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