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Jejune

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

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Similar meaning 6

Deficient 84% connected

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Deficient 84% connected

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insufficient 84% connected

Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insufficient 84% connected

Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Jejunity 74% connected

The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Jejunity 74% connected

The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shortness 74% connected

The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shortness 74% connected

The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Adolescent 92% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inadequate 92% connected

Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insipid 92% connected

Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Juvenile 92% connected

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Poor 92% connected

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Puerile 92% connected

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Short 92% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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