Critique And Analysis Vocabulary

noun a boring or dull person or thing

adjective boring or dull in character or appearance

• The professor's lecture was so dryasdust that half the class fell asleep.
• I couldn't get through that dryasdust book without nodding off.
• That movie was straight up dryasdust, I almost walked out of the theater.
• Her personality was as dryasdust as the desert sands.

adjective describing someone who is lacking intelligence or common sense

• The empty-headed student failed to grasp the complex concepts in the lecture.
• She's so empty-headed, she can never remember where she put her keys.
• Don't listen to him, he's just empty-headed and doesn't know what he's talking about.
• Her mind felt empty-headed after a long day of work, unable to focus on anything else.

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

• The professor found the student's thesis to be quite jejune, lacking depth and originality.
• I thought the movie was pretty jejune, with a predictable plot and shallow characters.
• That new video game is so jejune, it's like they didn't even try to make it interesting.
• Her speech was jejune, failing to inspire or engage the audience in any meaningful way.