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callow
[kal-oh]
adjective
immature or inexperienced.
a callow youth.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Antonyms: , , ,(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.
noun
a recently hatched worker ant.
callow
1/ ˈæəʊ /
adjective
lacking experience of life; immature
rare(of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers
Callow
2/ ˈæəʊ /
noun
Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director
Other 51Թ Forms
- callowness noun
- ˈǷɲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of callow1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of callow1
Example Sentences
Not since Zimbabwe's last Test in this country 22 years ago has England's pace attack looked so callow at home, when Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Richard Johnson had a combined seven caps.
As he attempted to build a young team with sell-on value in the future while remaining competitive in the present, his team was callow, inconsistent and flaky.
I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.
Quayle’s stricken look — a rictus of shock and humiliation — spoke to the devastation of the rejoinder after which, it’s fair to say, his callow image never fully faded.
Besides looking callow on offense, they wasted a solid bounce-back outing from starter Emerson Hancock, as well.
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