callow
Example Sentences
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Price represents the societal upheaval that Turturro’s character rejects and it’s not too much of a stretch to say he’s the kind of callow 20-something who would rather watch AI slop than “Josephine.”
From Los Angeles Times
The younger versions of Noah and Allie, callow and skittish, are laid out in broad strokes.
From Los Angeles Times
As with the proverbial frog in that pot of water, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s chilling action-thriller “Cloud,” about a callow internet hustler’s reckoning, has nothing good to offer about where online anonymity and e-capitalism have gotten us.
From Los Angeles Times
Not since Zimbabwe's last Test in this country 22 years ago has England's pace attack looked so callow at home, when Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Richard Johnson had a combined seven caps.
From BBC
As he attempted to build a young team with sell-on value in the future while remaining competitive in the present, his team was callow, inconsistent and flaky.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.