callow
adjective
immature or inexperienced.
callowness
-
a word derived from
callow.
Example Sentences
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The conscious callowness is agreeable, but it lacks freshness, like a midnight pasta reheated in the microwave.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Takatsuki struggles to suppress his youthful callowness and self-destructive temper, and in Okada’s sensitive performance, we see an alarming vision of another encroaching tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
Both these characters, force-marched into maturity by the reckless adults in their lives, were pitiable, but Eisenberg made room to explore their callowness and unpleasantness, too.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2016
“I am ashamed of callowness as a scientist. I had just been dreaming to be a scientist who makes contribution to the development of human society.”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
In the far corner, he saw Bull and Colonel Hedgepath watching him, enjoying his uncertainty, his callowness.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
