jejune
/d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/
jejune adjective: not nutritious.
Adjective
jejune (comparative more jejune, superlative most jejune)
- Not nutritious.
- Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
- Naive; simplistic.
- I have often wondered why some late Writers should sensure Tully's Letters for being too naked and jejune, when that to his Friend Lucceius, which the Reader will find in this Collection, is a plain Demonstration to the contrary?1702, Thomas Brown, Select Epistles or Letters out of M. Tullius Cicero; and the best Roman, Greek and French Authors both Ancient and Modern
- This renders the recognition of alternatives a paramount necessity for a logic of discovery, which can no longer dismiss them with a jejune chapter on 'disjunctive propositions'.1917, Charles Joseph Singer, Studies in the History and Method of Science
jejune meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
jejune in Tamil
- மந்தமான, சுவையற்ற, சாரமற்ற, பக்குவமற்ற, முதிர்ச்சி பெறாத, அனுபவமற்ற
jejune in Urdu
- خالی, خفیف, ناکافی, پھیکا, سیٹھا
jejune in Bengali
- নীরস, একঘেয়ে, অপরিণত, শিশুসুলভ
jejune in Malayalam
- guileless, naïve, innocent
- സാധുവായ, കുട്ടിത്തമുള്ള, പാവം, തീരെ നിഷ്ക്കളങ്ക, പച്ചപ്പരമാർത്ഥിയായ, നിഷ്കപടനായ
- dull, boring, tedious
- താല്പര്യജനകമല്ലാത്ത, താല്പര്യമുണർത്താത്ത, മുഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, മുഷിപ്പനായ, മടുപ്പുളവാക്കുന്ന, വിരസം
More languagesFewer languages
- jejune in Kannada
- ತಣಿಸದ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಯಾಗದ
Examples of jejune in a sentence
- Gradus had long been a member of all sorts of jejune leftist organizations.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
- The debates are necessary and, even at their most jejune, not totally without worth.1969, G. R. Elton, The Practice of History:
- Sonja (Diane Keaton): That is incredibly jejune. / Boris (Woody Allen): That's jejune?1975, Woody Allen, Love And Death (motion picture):
Synonyms of jejune
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Forms of jejune
| comparative | more jejune |
|---|---|
| superlative | most jejune |
Origin of jejune
Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”).
Words formed from jejune
Words that rhyme with jejune
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about jejune
- What does jejune mean?
- Jejune means not nutritious.
- What is jejune in Tamil?
- Jejune in Tamil is மந்தமான, சுவையற்ற, சாரமற்ற. See Jejune meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use jejune in a sentence?
- Gradus had long been a member of all sorts of jejune leftist organizations.
- What part of speech is jejune?
- Jejune is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce jejune?
- Jejune is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/.
Words near jejune in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jejune (page history and authors); jejune (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jejune (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Jejune (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jejune (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); jejune (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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