Jejune

Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈdʒun/

Definitions of jejune

adjective lacking in nutritive value; lacking substance or interest; dull

Example Sentences

A1 The children found the movie to be jejune and boring.

A2 The tourist was disappointed by the jejune offerings at the local restaurants.

B1 The book club members found the plot of the novel to be jejune and predictable.

B2 The art critic dismissed the artist's work as jejune and lacking depth.

C1 The professor found the student's thesis to be jejune and lacking in originality.

C2 The film director was criticized for producing a jejune and uninspired sequel.

Examples of jejune in a Sentence

formal The professor found the student's thesis to be quite jejune, lacking depth and originality.

informal I thought the movie was pretty jejune, with a predictable plot and shallow characters.

slang That new video game is so jejune, it's like they didn't even try to make it interesting.

figurative Her speech was jejune, failing to inspire or engage the audience in any meaningful way.

Grammatical Forms of jejune

• past tense: jejuned
• plural: jejunes
• comparative: more jejune
• superlative: most jejune
• present tense: jejuning
• future tense: will jejunify
• perfect tense: have jejuned
• continuous tense: is jejuning
• singular: jejune
• positive degree: jejune
• infinitive: to jejunify
• gerund: jejunating
• participle: jejuned

Origin and Evolution of jejune

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'jejune' originated from the Latin word 'jejunus' meaning fasting or hungry.

Evolution of the word: Originally used to describe something lacking in nutritive value or dullness, the word 'jejune' has evolved to also mean simplistic, naive, or unsophisticated.