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callow

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That was what I sought when, as a callow and hormonal high school student, I first discovered Lawrence.

Anyone going through Prozac Nation can certainly find plenty of callow moments when Wurtzel does whine.

But now that veneer is gone, and what remains is a callow man-child at odds with himself.

This is clearly not a boast; it seems, rather, a shamed admission of petty, callow cruelty.

The last thing we should do is help the callow—and dangerous—Kim continue his rule.

In this callow atmosphere, Brooke Astor would never be an icon, but she is remembered with nostalgia.

There lay the callow brood marked out by Nature and man, for her ministrations.

Next morning early they sent in their 'callow' verses to the great man, and followed shortly themselves.

When he was haled into court, despite his callow years, he came with insolent confidence, as one above the law.

"I wonder the rebels had the courage to pursue you," said a very callow youth named Graves.

As I looked at the two callow things in the grass, a dismay and weak helplessness quite overcame me.

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to callow, such as: inexperienced, crude, green, guileless, infant, and jejune.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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