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childish

[chahyl-dish] / ˈtʃaɪl dɪʃ /


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Ultimately, he was unhappy with the way the film turned out and insisted his name was removed from the credits, something he later described as a childish decision.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

"It's really nostalgic and cute. Like some 2000s cute aesthetic," she said, admitting that some people her age "just don't like it or think it's childish".

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

After 3½ decades of Francoism, during which, the author reminds us, the dictator “decided that Spaniards were too childish to govern themselves,” there was a palpable sense of a nation orphaned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Why would he even engage and respond to this childish stunt?

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

I have always had a childish love of parcels.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier