| ADJECTIVE | all | jejune, inadequate, poor, short | not sufficient to meet / meet a need |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | jejune, adolescent, juvenile, puerile | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | |
| all | jejune, insipid | lacking interest or significance or impact |
| Meaning | not sufficient to meet / meet a need. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | inadequate, poor, short | |
| Broader | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
| Spanish | bajo, escaso, exiguo, insuficiente | |
| Catalan | baix, escàs, exigu, insuficient | |
| Nouns | jejunity, jejuneness | quality of lacking nutritive value |
| Meaning | Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "jejune responses to our problems" | |
| Synonyms | adolescent, juvenile, puerile | |
| Broader | immature | characteristic of a lack of maturity |
| Spanish | adolescente, juvenil, pueril | |
| Catalan | adolescent, juvenil, pueril | |
| Nouns | jejuneness | lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life |
| jejunity | the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | |
| Adverbs | jejunely | in an immature manner |
| Meaning | lacking interest or significance or impact. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "jejune novel" | |
| Synonym | insipid | |
| Broader | uninteresting | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement |
| Spanish | insípido, insustancial | |
| Nouns | jejunity, jejuneness | the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated |
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