jejuneness
未熟さ
解説 Definition
考えや表現に深みや成熟が欠けている性質。文章・議論・態度などを批判するときに用いる硬い語。
The quality of being intellectually immature, shallow, or lacking in substance, especially in writing, arguments, attitudes, or ideas. It is a rare, formal noun generally used to express criticism.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
jejune「未熟な、内容の乏しい」に -ness「〜である性質」が付いた形です。文章や考えの「中身が十分に育っていない状態」を思い浮かべます。the jejuneness of an argument や the essay's jejuneness の形が典型的です。immaturity よりかなり珍しく文語的なので、批評で見かける語として覚えると実用的です。
Break the word into jejune plus -ness. Jejune describes an idea or expression that lacks maturity, depth, or substance, while -ness turns that description into the name of the quality. Think of “the jejuneness of an argument” or “the essay’s jejuneness”: the criticism is that the content has not developed enough intellectually. It is not normally about physical youth or inexperience alone. The common noun immaturity covers a wider range of situations, whereas jejuneness is rare, literary, and especially useful in criticism of writing, discussion, or simplistic ideas.
例文
Critics complained about the jejuneness of the dialogue.
批評家たちは、その会話の未熟さを問題にした。
The essay's jejuneness surprised her teacher.
その作文の内容の浅さに先生は驚いた。
He later recognized the jejuneness of his early ideas.
彼は後に、自分の初期の考えが未熟だったと気づいた。
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jejuneness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
形容詞 jejune「未熟な、内容の乏しい」に、性質や状態を表す接尾辞 -ness を付けた名詞です。語幹はラテン語 jejunus「断食している、空腹の」に由来し、「中身の乏しさ」から知的な未熟さを表すようになりました。
Jejuneness is built from the adjective jejune and the noun-forming suffix -ness, which denotes a state or quality. Jejune derives from Latin jējūnus, meaning “fasting,” “hungry,” or “empty.” Its English meanings moved from literal or figurative emptiness to a lack of substance in thought or expression, and then to intellectual immaturity. Jejuneness therefore names the state of being shallow, undeveloped, or insufficiently substantial.
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