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callow
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cal·low  (kl)
adj.
Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature: a callow young man.
[Middle English calwe, bald, from Old English calu.]
callow·ness n.
callow
Adjective
young and inexperienced: a callow youth [Old English calu]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.callowcallow - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
fledgling, unfledged
inexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or training
callow
adjective inexperienced, juvenile, naïve, immature, raw, untried, green, unsophisticated, puerile, guileless, jejune, unfledged
Translations
callow [ˈkæləu] adj → inexperto, novato
callow [ˈkæləu] adj → sans expérience (de la vie)
callow [ˈkæləu] adj → unreif
callow [ˈkæləu] adj → immaturo/a


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