puerility
Example Sentences
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The school officials’ contention that C.G.’s post was “hate speech targeting the Jewish community” was as dumb as his joke and confused puerility with animosity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
It was an extension of his general puerility, his weird clowning, his fake laughter.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019
On the page, this bifurcation works, but on the screen it saps the story’s momentum, partly because there’s no violence in the room to distract you from the genericism and puerility of the dialogue.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2017
Why doesn’t any of this evidence of puerility hurt his image among his base?
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2016
More, it is true, rose above the puerility of his time; Erasmus rose above both its cruelty and its puerility; Henry rose above neither.
From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Jordan, Furneaux
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
