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

  • And Hazlitt's judgment on him, that he is "jejune" and
  • Will someone please call the jejune nutjobs in Seattle and tell them to GROW THE FUCK UP?
  • Sweet jeebus, when god created the word, "jejune," he was thinking of dear Meghan. by: you @ soon
  • Arguably, Alyosha's religion * is* "jejune" at that point; he has not yet undergone his crisis after the death of Father Zossima.
  • Further, although I disagree with your characterization of Alyosha's religious faith as "jejune," couldn't the same description apply with equal force to Ivan's atheism?
  • If a new movie you have been looking forward to has been described as jejune by reputable sources what would be your best course of action? a.) wait until it comes out in June
  • So rather than dwell on the neat category "fraud," maybe we should be thinking in terms of jejune Chinese executives colliding with the nuanced expectations of Western stock investors.
  • The Louisiana governor, alternately smug and jejune, articulated precisely the ideology — those G.O.P. “policies” in the Times/CBS poll — that Americans reject: the conviction that government is useless and has no role in an emergency.
  • Yet ironically, two television programs aimed at young people and animated by a kind of jejune foolery -- Jon Stewart's Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert's Colbert Report -- sell a great many books, more perhaps than more traditional "adult venues," and far more than newspaper reviews.
  • Quigley explained why he loves the word "jejune'' - "it just looks like a wrong word; it's crazy, I would never use it in conversation'' - and talks about personalities we both admire, such as Rex Parker, the self-proclaimed "king of CrossWorld'', Elizabeth Gorski, and the men he calls the "Three Jesuses'' of crosswords: Patrick Berry, Mike Shenk and Frank Longo.

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