callow
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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
Having won there for the first time as a callow 20 year old in 2010, McIlroy is a combined 102 under par on this properly robust major championship test.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan is equal parts callow and brilliant, a truth-teller who hides behind his own emotional walls, a small man inside of a giant talent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025
A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director’s heels.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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Brave New World
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