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- Dictionaryjejune/dʒɪˈdʒuːn/
adjective
- 1. naive, simplistic, and superficial: "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions"
- 2. (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting. Similar Opposite
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The meaning of JEJUNE is devoid of significance or interest : dull. How to use jejune in a sentence. Is it jejune? Synonym Discussion of Jejune.
adjective. formal disapproving uk / dʒəˈdʒuːn / us / dʒəˈdʒuːn / Add to word list. very simple or childish: He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work. boring and not interesting : a jejune lecture by one of our professors. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Naive & trusting.
If you describe something or someone as jejune, you are criticizing them for being very simple and unsophisticated. [ formal , disapproval ] They were of great service in correcting my jejune generalizations.
adjective. formal disapproving us / dʒəˈdʒuːn / uk / dʒəˈdʒuːn / Add to word list. very simple or childish: He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work. boring and not interesting : a jejune lecture by one of our professors. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Naive & trusting.
Jejune definition: without interest or significance; dull; insipid. See examples of JEJUNE used in a sentence.
Use the adjective jejune to describe something that is uninteresting or insignificant. Many people claim to find celebrity gossip jejune, but ask them about a recent movie star scandal and chances are they know all about it.
1. lacking interest or significance; insipid: a jejune novel. 2. lacking maturity; childish: jejune behavior. 3. lacking nutritive elements: a jejune diet. [1605–15; < Latin jējūnus empty, poor, mean] je•june′ly, adv. je•june′ness, n.
