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jejuneness

/ji-joon/US // dʒɪˈdʒun //UK // (dʒɪˈdʒuːn) //

洁身自好,洁琼性,洁身自爱,洁癖

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
    • : juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
    • : lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
    • : deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet.

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Examples

  • Well, at least he came to see how jejune his earlier view was.

  • My money is on Crusading Carly to oust the jejune and pointless Barbara Boxer.

  • So there we have it: My money is on Crusading Carly to oust the jejune and pointless Barbara Boxer.

  • This is always repeated in one unvarying phase of the most jejune and meagre character.

  • But these might grow jejune, nor is it safe to trust the tender mercies of a butcher.

  • The flesh is very pasty, and the general effect of the picture jejune in the extreme.

  • We pass in the world for sects and schools, for erudition and piety, and we are all the time jejune babes.

  • The volume of 1500 had been jejune, written when he knew nothing of Greek; 800 adages put together with scanty elucidations.