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JEJUNENESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quality of inadequate nutritive valueplay

Synonyms:

jejuneness; jejunity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("jejuneness" is a kind of...):

inadequacy; inadequateness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)

Derivation:

jejune (of insufficient quantity to meet a need)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being vapid and unsophisticatedplay

Synonyms:

jejuneness; jejunity; tameness; vapidity; vapidness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("jejuneness" is a kind of...):

dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)

Derivation:

jejune (lacking interest or significance or impact)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of lifeplay

Synonyms:

callowness; jejuneness; juvenility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("jejuneness" is a kind of...):

immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)

Derivation:

jejune (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity)

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