The meaning of Callow

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

Usage examples:

The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

Between the ages of a child and an adult

Usage examples:

The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

adjective

Without guile or deception.

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An artless, naive girl

adjective

Simple and not wanting to deceive

Usage examples:

"why did you take the money?" she asked the child. "because i wanted it," came the artless reply.

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

Usage examples:

Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

Usage examples:

The roof was greening with lichen

adjective

Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.

Usage examples:

His face, once so open and guileless

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

Usage examples:

Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing.

Usage examples:

An inexperienced driver

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Usage examples:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

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Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

adjective

Naive, simplistic, and superficial.

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Their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions

adjective

Very simple or childish

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He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work., a jejune l…

adjective

For or relating to young people.

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Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

adjective

(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.

Usage examples:

The rather naive young man had been totally misled

adjective

Too ready to believe someone or something, or to trust that someone’s intentions are good, esp. because of a lack of experience

Usage examples:

It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back.

adjective

(of food) not cooked.

Usage examples:

Raw eggs

adjective

(of food) not flavoured with salt, pepper, or other spices.

Usage examples:

Her cooking was too bland and unseasoned for sara's travelled palate

adjective

Unseasoned food has not had salt, pepper, herbs, or spices added to it

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Add the unseasoned breadcrumbs., add salt if you use unseasoned chicken stock., he makes sculptures…

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

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An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.

adjective

Not having been trained in a particular skill.

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Self-styled doctors untrained in diagnosis

adjective

Never having been taught the skills for a particular job or activity

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Untrained staff, the notation is designed to make it easier for untrained singers to read music., t…

adjective

Not yet tested to discover quality or reliability; inexperienced.

Usage examples:

He chose two untried actors for leading roles

adjective

(of a person) having little awareness of the practicalities of life; unmotivated by material considerations.

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A pedantic, unworldly boffin

adjective

Not practical, or without a lot of experience of life

Usage examples:

There was something slightly unworldly about him., we observe her transformation from a naive, unwo…