jejune
Dull and immature
Jejune describes something dull, empty, or unsatisfying—lacking substance or nourishment for the mind.
A jejune argument fails to engage; jejune prose bores the reader.
The word often carries a note of intellectual immaturity or naivety: His jejune observations revealed how little he understood the subject.
Though sometimes confused with juvenile, jejune emphasizes emptiness rather than youth.
Immature in manner
- puerileChildishly foolish
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- adolescentPerson in puberty
unsophisticated · green · inexperienced · fledgling · undeveloped · unseasoned · youthful · infantile
Lacking distinctive qualities
- vapidDull, without depth
- dullLacking edge or interest
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
- flatLacking vertical variation
tedious · boring · lifeless · banal · trite · prosaic · uninspired · lackluster
Failing to gratify
- unrewardingLacking satisfying payoff
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- hollowEmpty within
- meagerDeficient in quantity
thin · insubstantial · unsatiated · wanting · inadequate · insufficient · barren · fruitless
childish
Immature in manner
adolescent · unsophisticated · green · inexperienced · fledgling · undeveloped · unseasoned · youthful · infantile · raw
bland
Lacking distinctive qualities
- vapidDull, without depth
- dullLacking edge or interest
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
flat · tedious · boring · lifeless · banal · trite · prosaic · uninspired · lackluster · stale
unsatisfying
Failing to gratify
- unrewardingLacking satisfying payoff
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- hollowEmpty within
meager · thin · insubstantial · unsatiated · wanting · inadequate · insufficient · barren · fruitless · scanty
ingenuous
Innocently frank and trusting
gullible · innocent · unworldly · simple · trusting · unsuspecting · childlike · unaffected · wide-eyed · unsophisticated
- immaturityimmature, childish, juvenile, infantile, puerile
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
jejuneprofound
Intensely meaningful or insightful
substantive · meaty · weighty · rich · deep
jejunefascinating
Extremely interesting or captivating
riveting · gripping · engrossing · absorbing · captivating
jejunemature
Fully grown or developed
sophisticated · worldly · worldly-wise · experienced · adult