jejune
1. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity - adolescent insecurity - jejune responses to our problems - their behavior was juvenile - puerile jokes • Syn: adolescent, juvenile, puerile • Similar to: immature • Derivationally related forms: puerility (for: puerile), juvenility (for: juvenile), jejuneness, jejunity 2. lacking interest or significance or impact - an insipid personality - jejune novel • Syn: insipid • Similar to: uninteresting • Derivationally related forms: jejuneness, jejunity, insipidness (for: insipid) 3. lacking in nutritive value - the jejune diets of the very poor • Syn: insubstantial • Similar to: unwholesome • Derivationally related forms: jejuneness, jejunity
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