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callow

[kal-oh] / ˈkæl oʊ /


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Rai already possessed a rare tunnel-visioned focus - a trait which enabled him to secure victory at Aronimink - for a player so callow, says Prosser.

From BBC • May 18, 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 with the proverbial frog in that pot of water, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s chilling action-thriller “Cloud,” about a callow internet hustler’s reckoning, has nothing good to offer about where online anonymity and e-capitalism have gotten us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imag-ine him as Lord of Winterfell.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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