infantile

Example Sentences

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And don’t get me started on the endless, infantile standing ovations.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Emojis can have an "infantile connotation" which could lead to people perceiving you as younger, less senior, capable or responsible, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

“There was a lo-fi quality about it. It had something candid that didn’t necessarily have an infantile tone but had a lightness. And we could add lyrics to that music.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

“It was offensive and infantile, especially as the moms were all trying to figure out childcare during summer break.”

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2024

He was upbeat, relentlessly so, in a way that only an American of his kind could be, and there was an infantile quality to this that she found admirable and repulsive.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie