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Jejuneness

Jejune \Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.]

  1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

  2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.

  3. Juvenile; childish; immature.

  4. Lacking nutritional value. [PJC] - Je*june"ly, adv. -- Je*june"ness, n.
    --Bacon.

Wiktionary
jejuneness

n. The state or condition of being jejune.

WordNet
jejuneness
  1. n. lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, juvenility]

  2. the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn: jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness]

  3. quality of lacking nutritive value [syn: jejunity]