callow
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How do we transform ourselves from callow pseudo-selves to rooted solid selves?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Built by "Hitman" developers IO Interactive, "First Light" offers a new version of Bond's origin story, dropping players into the shoes of a cocky but callow young version of the spy still earning his stripes.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Rai already possessed a rare tunnel-visioned focus - a trait which enabled him to secure victory at Aronimink - for a player so callow, says Prosser.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan is equal parts callow and brilliant, a truth-teller who hides behind his own emotional walls, a small man inside of a giant talent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
Huple, chewing away on a bulging wad of bubble gum, drank everything in with a callow, vacant expression on his fifteen-year-old face.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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