callowness

Example Sentences

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The tenderest connection may just be between Cyrano and Will Hochman’s Christian, whose callowness isn’t quite what it seems.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

He was supposed to be the “grown-up in the room,” a counterweight to W.’s callowness.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 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

Aside from callowness, what is this man’s problem?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos