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   jejune

   /dʒɪˈdʒuːn/

   adjective

   • 1. naive, simplistic, and superficial: "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions"
   • 2. (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting. Similar boringdulldull as ditchwatertediousdrearyuninterestingunexcitinguneventfuluninspiringunstimulatingunimaginativehumdrumrun-of-the-millmundanecommonplaceworkadayquotidianroutinestodgylacklustredrydry as dustaridsterilelifelessvapidinsipidflatdrabblandbanaltriteprosaiccolourlessmonochromemonotonousunrelievedlacking varietylacking variationtiresometiringwearisomeinformal:deadlynothing to write home aboutsameydreichdullsvilleorneryOpposite fascinatinginspired

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin jejunus ‘fasting, barren’. The original sense was ‘without food’, hence ‘not intellectually nourishing’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jejunely adverb
   • 2. jejuneness noun

   Scrabble Points: 20

   • J

     8

   • E

     1

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

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