callow
Example Sentences
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Built by "Hitman" developers IO Interactive, "First Light" offers a new version of Bond's origin story, dropping players into the shoes of a cocky but callow young version of the spy still earning his stripes.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
He presented himself as a callow young culture warrior prosecuting a case against Old Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
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.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2025
Johnny, remembering the gawky, callow, but upstanding young leather-dresser of Fish Street, was surprised that anyone could value him so highly.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Brave New World
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