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Definition of callow adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

callow

adjective
 
/ˈkæləʊ/
 
/ˈkæləʊ/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. young and without experience synonym inexperienced
    • a callow youth
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCallow is used with these nouns:
    • youth
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    Word OriginOld English calu ‘bald’, of West Germanic origin, probably from Latin calvus ‘bald’. This was extended to mean ‘unfledged’, which led to the present sense ‘immature’.
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