How do you use Jejune in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like insubstantial or unwholesome, plus the exact meaning.
Jejune in a sentence
Jejune meaning
- Not nutritious.
- Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
- Naive; simplistic.
Synonyms of Jejune
Using Jejune
- The main meaning on this page is: Not nutritious. | Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance. | Naive; simplistic.
- Useful related words include: insubstantial, unwholesome, adolescent, juvenile.
Context around Jejune
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jejune
- In this selection, "jejune" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, politics stand out and add context to how "jejune" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include couples with jejune politics and philistine and jejune. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jejune" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jejune
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the absence of any law, such conduct is unlawful,philistine and jejune. (13 words)
He’s just been laid off from his job as a journalist, and if it was mind-bogglingly naïve of him not to realize the shaky state of the media industry, it fits with his blind idealism, which he couples with jejune politics. (43 words)
He’s just been laid off from his job as a journalist, and if it was mind-bogglingly naïve of him not to realize the shaky state of the media industry, it fits with his blind idealism, which he couples with jejune politics. (43 words)
In the absence of any law, such conduct is unlawful,philistine and jejune. (13 words)
Example sentences (2)
He’s just been laid off from his job as a journalist, and if it was mind-bogglingly naïve of him not to realize the shaky state of the media industry, it fits with his blind idealism, which he couples with jejune politics.
In the absence of any law, such conduct is unlawful,philistine and jejune.