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juvenility

[joo-vuh-nil-i-tee] / ˌdʒu vəˈnɪl ɪ ti /


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And when the theatrical comedy is in jeopardy, revitalizing this type of juvenility for low-brow laughs, now tempered even further to be digested between phone scrolls, feels like a golf ball to the forehead.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

Surprisingly, the mistake in his birth date and the claim of juvenility was not raised by the courts, prosecutors and defence lawyers until very late in the case - 2018.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

But forgive me if, as a guy, I take particular offense at his attempt to conscript me and mine as conspirators in his loathsomeness, to make us guys human shields for his repugnant juvenility.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2016

In a similar way, the more juvenile jokes squeak by, sometimes, by dint of their flaunted juvenility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2015

The hyperbole speaks well for the author's heart, but betrays his juvenility.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane




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