adj.
- Not interesting; dull: "and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases" (Anthony Trollope).
- Lacking maturity; childish: surprised by their jejune responses to our problems.
- Lacking in nutrition: a jejune diet.
[From Latin iēiūnus, meager, dry, fasting.]
jejunely je·june'ly adv.jejuneness je·june'ness n.
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