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Meanings of callow in English

Young and inexperienced.

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Usage of callow in English
1
Until then none of a callow pace attack could pose enough problems.
The Guardian
2
It bothered him to appear so callow, but he couldn't help it.
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3
I am beyond callow youths, and not advanced to heads of families.
Sunny Slopes
4
Not all the aged are wise, nor is all of youth callow.
The Irish Times
5
Did she imagine that he was a callow youth crossed in love?
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6
When Goldstein first met this callow, sallow youth, he trembled before him.
Aunt Jane's Nieces out West
7
It even makes her laugh, too, to think how callow she is.
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8
Against such a callow collection of young Englishmen it was far too much.
The Irish Times
9
His youth, however, was no impediment to hoodwinking a callow defender.
The Irish Times
10
You've given me the strangest idea of his callow innocence and aged indifference.
The Song of the Lark
11
They also helped themselves to a few of the callow starlings.
My Tropic Isle
12
He nodded toward the group of callow youths who surrounded Angelica.
The Fifth Ace
13
The closer I came to Canada, the more I longed for callow promiscuity.
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14
Raw-boned and callow, O'Grady will explain how he can get there.
The Irish Times
15
How quickly she had gone from seductress to a callow calf and kid.
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16
He would take callow youths to his chambers and teach them to box.
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