callowness
Example Sentences
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Matthew Patrick Davis accentuates with a wink the callowness of Joseph II, an emperor who perhaps sees in Mozart a reflection of his own stunted nature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
He was supposed to be the “grown-up in the room,” a counterweight to W.’s callowness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
The two youngest squads in the Premier League go head to head and last weekend it was Newcastle, second only to Liverpool in the callowness stakes, whose inexperience told.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2018
“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
