Definition of JEJUNE

jejune

Adjective Satellite

  • lacking in nutritive value
    • "the jejune diets of the very poor"
  • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
    • "jejune responses to our problems"
  • lacking interest or significance or impact
    • "jejune novel"

Adj

  • Not nutritious.
  • Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
  • Naive; simplistic.

Adjective

  • Lacking in maturity or substance; naive, childish, or uninteresting.

Examples

  • His JEJUNE strategy consisted of only playing two-letter Words With Friends words, without thought for bonuses.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”).

Synonyms

adolescent, insipid, insubstantial, juvenile, puerile, Panglossian, Panglossic, artless, born yesterday, callow, childlike, clueless, credulous, cute, dewy-eyed, dry, fleeceable, green, guileless, immature, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, poor, quaint, simple, simple-hearted, simple-minded, starry-eyed, unaffected, undesigning, unpretentious, unsophisticated, untested, unworldly, virgin, wet behind the ears, wide-eyed

Scrabble Score: 20

jejune: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
jejune: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jejune: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

jejune: valid Words With Friends Word