callow

adj.幼稚的,稚嫩的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
callow (adjective)
lacking adult sophistication - immature callow youth
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
callow (adjective)
lacking in adult experience or maturity
SYNONYMS:
adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened
RELATED WORDS:
babyish, childish, infantile, infantilized, infantine; boyish, girlish, juvenescent, kiddish, young, youngish, youthful; maidenly, virginal; ingenuous, innocent, naive ( naïve), tender; unknowing, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried
wet behind the ears
NEAR ANTONYMS:
advanced, precocious; knowing, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe
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