Meaning & use
callow
Lacking experience or maturity, especially in a way that shows in someone's judgment or behavior.
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The callow young officer had never faced real combat before that night.
Looking back, she found her callow twenty-year-old opinions embarrassingly confident.
A note on using this word
Callow specifically implies youthful inexperience, unlike 'naive,' which can apply to a person of any age.
Words with a similar meaning
inexperiencedimmature
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