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je·june (jə-jūn')
adj.
  1. Not interesting; dull: "and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases" (Anthony Trollope).
  2. Lacking maturity; childish: surprised by their jejune responses to our problems.
  3. 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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