jejuneness
- noun
- /dʒɪˈdʒuːnəs/
- Formal
:
simplismo
- Critics complained about the jejuneness of the movie's plot and dialogue.
Examples
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Despite its promising premise, the book disappointed many with its overall jejuneness.
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The jejuneness of the lecture made it hard to stay awake.
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The jejuneness of his writing failed to impress the judges at the competition.
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I found his arguments to be full of jejuneness.
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Critics complained about the jejuneness of the movie's plot and dialogue.
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Despite its promising premise, the book disappointed many with its overall jejuneness.
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The jejuneness of his writing failed to impress the judges at the competition.
Synonyms
3
5.4
A person or idea that shows little deep thought and weak feeling
1
9.3
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
1
3.8
Slow thinking and trouble understanding new things
A simple, dull quality that makes something uninteresting
A lack of experience and knowledge of the wider world that makes a person seem simple
A feeling that something is dull and boring
Being dull and without strong taste or interest
The quality of being boring and unoriginal
Antonyms
How Substantive
146
4.4
188
4.3
4
7.8
- Formal
10
7.2
6
5.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word jejuneness comes from the Latin jejunus, meaning 'empty' or 'without food'. When something is 'empty' of real ideas or feeling it feels dull and simple, so jejuneness means lacking depth or substance.