callowness

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Chalamet, always good at suggesting both youthful callowness and limitless potential, proves an inspired choice for the role of a young man who is both a coddled heir and an intriguingly unknown quantity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021

But with the relative callowness of Bobby Wood and Gyasi Zardes in the roster, the coach has gone for the experience and current domestic form of Wondolowski.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2016

“I am ashamed of callowness as a scientist. I had just been dreaming to be a scientist who makes contribution to the development of human society.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

Ashley Laracey is another distinctive young sylph, while the strong Brittany Pollack has begun to shed the seeming callowness of youth.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2014

Aside from callowness, what is this man’s problem?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos