callowness

Example Sentences

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He was supposed to be the “grown-up in the room,” a counterweight to W.’s callowness.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2021

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

Both these characters, force-marched into maturity by the reckless adults in their lives, were pitiable, but Eisenberg made room to explore their callowness and unpleasantness, too.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 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

In the far corner, he saw Bull and Colonel Hedgepath watching him, enjoying his uncertainty, his callowness.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy