jejune

Day 40Level 2

ji-JYOON

immature

insipid; immature; lacking nutrition

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

vapid, childish, dull

Antonyms:

mature, sensible, interesting

Example Sentence:

The behavior of many political candidates is jejune for voters interested in serious solutions to serious problems.

Related Words

pardon

ab-suh-LOO-shuhn

freeing from blame or guilt; release from obligations and consequences

lawlessness

AN-er-kee

state of disorder; state of society without law

expressed tersely

af-uh-RIS-tik

containing aphorisms; expressed tersely

rude

BOOR-ish

unpleasant and rude

bragger

BRAG-ert

a person who does a lot of bragging

breakable

BRIT-l

hard but having little tensile strength; fragile