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callow

[kal-oh] / ˈkæl oʊ /


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He presented himself as a callow young culture warrior prosecuting a case against Old Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

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

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

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

In a team largely made up of callow youth, Spencer and his fellow underdogs were organised and disciplined and too mentally strong to buckle under the pressure Scotland put on them, which wasn't nearly enough.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

"And I'm sick of being thought a callow boy wherever I go, because I'm forced to shave my beard."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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