jejune
IPA: dʒˈɛdʒˈun
adjective
- (dated, now rare) Not nutritious.
- (by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
- Naive; simplistic.
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Examples of "jejune" in Sentences
- They come across a bit jejune.
- This argument is jejune, and best abandoned.
- We come across as a bunch of jejune amateurs.
- My father is a little jejune and conservative.
- Whatever piddling game you are playing, it is jejune.
- I would like to make an intervention, even if it seems jejune.
- He has little poetical power, and his style is meagre and jejune.
- I find these accusations too jejune to be even considered seriously.
- So arguments about 666 are largely jejune and barely above superstition.
- We simply don't need an exhaustive list of jejune parliamentary maneuvers.
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