jejune
pronunciation
How to pronounce jejune in British English:
UK [dʒɪˈdʒu:n]
How to pronounce jejune in American English:
US [dʒəˈdʒun]
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- Adjective:
- lacking in nutritive value
- displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
- lacking interest or significance
Word Origin
- jejune
- jejune: see dinner
- jejune (adj.)
- 1610s, "dull in the mind, flat, insipid," from Latin ieiunus "empty, dry, barren," literally "fasting, hungry," of obscure origin.
Antonym
Example
- 1. His jejune approach to decision-making - know yourself but not necessarily the facts - is downright repellent .
- 2. Then she was gone , leaving me in unexpectedly jejune loneliness .
- 3. We were surprised by their jejune responses to our problems .
- 4. It is jejune to treat copyright enforcement as a breach of human rights , ethically equivalent to cracking down on free speech in china or the middle east .