Definition of callow in English:

callow

adjective ˈkaləʊˈkæloʊ

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
earnest and callow undergraduates
Example sentencesExamples
- Pop still mesmerises the callow tastes of the young, but rock seems to have been sidelined into a form that reflects the thought processes and last-gasp ambitions of the middle-aged.
- But Lara is adamant that their first match, against South Africa, will provide an accurate barometer of just how far his callow and inexperienced team have come.
- Sending off a bunch of callow lads because a few opinion-formers safely over conscription age thought it was a good idea and might secure the next election would have been outrageous.
- The modern proponents of self-esteem argue that the undeveloped self, however callow, should be praised as it is.
- However, we were but callow, untried amateurs back then.
- More often than not he appears to be a gormless, callow youth blundering around the park, as much laughed at as berated, even by his own supporters.
- At 27 I was too breezy, too callow, and more gullible than I'd like to admit.
- Our relationship goes back more than 25 years to the days when he was coaching at the Greenyards in Melrose, and I was a callow flanker still finding my way in the game.
- The story, such as it is, revolves around the amorous misadventures of the brothers Kirwan, three callow youths with high sex drives but poor steering control.
- Hay is able to recount the callow 17-year-old who impressed him in training.
- Even back then, even as a callow teen, I defended his right to have written it, though I was inclined to want to punch him in the face for having done so, were I ever to meet him.
- Do officials or advisers, whose ignorance of learning and teaching is matched only by their callow arrogance, really believe that they have a right to tell primary teachers what to do and how to think?
- He was once accused of suffering from mad cow disease on the back of his railings at opposing managers over his decision to enlist a platoon of callow, hungry juniors into senior football.
- He finds a way for us to root for the callow man, and even root for Martha and him to find happiness any way they can.
- His career has its interesting moments, but he registers on screen as no more than a callow, whey-faced pretty boy in need of a charisma transfusion.
- More important, Higgins was fully credible as a heroic actor, while Hurley was perfect as the callow, fervent young Fugard.
- The main body of the film focuses on Homer's physical and emotional journey, with Maguire, boyish and callow, fumbling his way through his character's awakening.
- A callow president had the sense to surround himself with people who had three great virtues.
- But as all the girls were being played by callow youths with high voices, many of the bawdy references would be directed at them and their questionable or unformed masculinity.
- Elsewhere, it's a case of familiar faces with the same blend of seasoned professionals and callow youths expected to form the backbone of the side.
Synonyms
immature, inexperienced, naive, green, as green as grass, born yesterday, raw, unseasoned, untrained, untried
juvenile, adolescent, jejune
innocent, guileless, artless, unworldly, unsophisticated
informal wet behind the ears

Derivatives

callowly

adverb

He smiled and callowly looked down for a moment.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her physicality overwhelmed me and I was then callowly jealous by nature.
- It begins by evoking the glamorous life of a young woman who lives happily if callowly in a cocoon of utter fabulousness.
- Young and partially naive, I welcomed all experience and callowly ignored any hints of sudden insanity caused by rampant desire
- It was my first encounter with a particular kind of reality, which my religion, my upbringing, and the callowly romantic cast of my mind had declared obscene.

callowness

noun

Jarrett was entirely unafflicted with nerves and the fear of failure simply because of his callowness.
Example sentencesExamples
- While the movie has certain qualities that make it worth seeing, the first 30 minutes of adolescent callowness is just as boring as any American teenage movie.
- To overcome the obvious disadvantages of such callowness, standout toughness or really remarkable talent are required.
- Patch Darragh has an aw-shucks quality that does fine at capturing Romeo's callowness and naïveté.
- The callowness now on display goes a long way toward explaining why politicians and the media are held in public esteem somewhere above child molesters and below bankers.

Origin

Old 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'.

You would not think of a callow youth as someone who was bald, but that is what Old English calu meant. A later use referred to young birds and meant ‘not yet able to fly, unfledged’. The idea of fluffy young birds must have put people in mind of the down on a youth's cheek and chin, which led to the present sense ‘immature or inexperienced’.

Rhymes

aloe, fallow, hallow, mallow, marshmallow, sallow, shallow, tallow

Definition of callow in US English:

callow

adjectiveˈkalōˈkæloʊ

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
earnest and callow undergraduates
Example sentencesExamples
- His career has its interesting moments, but he registers on screen as no more than a callow, whey-faced pretty boy in need of a charisma transfusion.
- Our relationship goes back more than 25 years to the days when he was coaching at the Greenyards in Melrose, and I was a callow flanker still finding my way in the game.
- More often than not he appears to be a gormless, callow youth blundering around the park, as much laughed at as berated, even by his own supporters.
- Pop still mesmerises the callow tastes of the young, but rock seems to have been sidelined into a form that reflects the thought processes and last-gasp ambitions of the middle-aged.
- Hay is able to recount the callow 17-year-old who impressed him in training.
- But Lara is adamant that their first match, against South Africa, will provide an accurate barometer of just how far his callow and inexperienced team have come.
- The main body of the film focuses on Homer's physical and emotional journey, with Maguire, boyish and callow, fumbling his way through his character's awakening.
- He was once accused of suffering from mad cow disease on the back of his railings at opposing managers over his decision to enlist a platoon of callow, hungry juniors into senior football.
- Do officials or advisers, whose ignorance of learning and teaching is matched only by their callow arrogance, really believe that they have a right to tell primary teachers what to do and how to think?
- He finds a way for us to root for the callow man, and even root for Martha and him to find happiness any way they can.
- Even back then, even as a callow teen, I defended his right to have written it, though I was inclined to want to punch him in the face for having done so, were I ever to meet him.
- However, we were but callow, untried amateurs back then.
- But as all the girls were being played by callow youths with high voices, many of the bawdy references would be directed at them and their questionable or unformed masculinity.
- A callow president had the sense to surround himself with people who had three great virtues.
- Sending off a bunch of callow lads because a few opinion-formers safely over conscription age thought it was a good idea and might secure the next election would have been outrageous.
- At 27 I was too breezy, too callow, and more gullible than I'd like to admit.
- Elsewhere, it's a case of familiar faces with the same blend of seasoned professionals and callow youths expected to form the backbone of the side.
- The modern proponents of self-esteem argue that the undeveloped self, however callow, should be praised as it is.
- More important, Higgins was fully credible as a heroic actor, while Hurley was perfect as the callow, fervent young Fugard.
- The story, such as it is, revolves around the amorous misadventures of the brothers Kirwan, three callow youths with high sex drives but poor steering control.
Synonyms
immature, inexperienced, naive, green, as green as grass, born yesterday, raw, unseasoned, untrained, untried

Origin

Old 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’.

单词	callow
释义	Definition of callow in English: callow adjective ˈkaləʊˈkæloʊ (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. earnest and callow undergraduates Example sentencesExamples Pop still mesmerises the callow tastes of the young, but rock seems to have been sidelined into a form that reflects the thought processes and last-gasp ambitions of the middle-aged. But Lara is adamant that their first match, against South Africa, will provide an accurate barometer of just how far his callow and inexperienced team have come. Sending off a bunch of callow lads because a few opinion-formers safely over conscription age thought it was a good idea and might secure the next election would have been outrageous. The modern proponents of self-esteem argue that the undeveloped self, however callow, should be praised as it is. However, we were but callow, untried amateurs back then. More often than not he appears to be a gormless, callow youth blundering around the park, as much laughed at as berated, even by his own supporters. At 27 I was too breezy, too callow, and more gullible than I'd like to admit. Our relationship goes back more than 25 years to the days when he was coaching at the Greenyards in Melrose, and I was a callow flanker still finding my way in the game. The story, such as it is, revolves around the amorous misadventures of the brothers Kirwan, three callow youths with high sex drives but poor steering control. Hay is able to recount the callow 17-year-old who impressed him in training. Even back then, even as a callow teen, I defended his right to have written it, though I was inclined to want to punch him in the face for having done so, were I ever to meet him. Do officials or advisers, whose ignorance of learning and teaching is matched only by their callow arrogance, really believe that they have a right to tell primary teachers what to do and how to think? He was once accused of suffering from mad cow disease on the back of his railings at opposing managers over his decision to enlist a platoon of callow, hungry juniors into senior football. He finds a way for us to root for the callow man, and even root for Martha and him to find happiness any way they can. His career has its interesting moments, but he registers on screen as no more than a callow, whey-faced pretty boy in need of a charisma transfusion. More important, Higgins was fully credible as a heroic actor, while Hurley was perfect as the callow, fervent young Fugard. The main body of the film focuses on Homer's physical and emotional journey, with Maguire, boyish and callow, fumbling his way through his character's awakening. A callow president had the sense to surround himself with people who had three great virtues. But as all the girls were being played by callow youths with high voices, many of the bawdy references would be directed at them and their questionable or unformed masculinity. Elsewhere, it's a case of familiar faces with the same blend of seasoned professionals and callow youths expected to form the backbone of the side. Synonyms immature, inexperienced, naive, green, as green as grass, born yesterday, raw, unseasoned, untrained, untried juvenile, adolescent, jejune innocent, guileless, artless, unworldly, unsophisticated informal wet behind the ears Derivatives callowly adverb He smiled and callowly looked down for a moment. Example sentencesExamples Her physicality overwhelmed me and I was then callowly jealous by nature. It begins by evoking the glamorous life of a young woman who lives happily if callowly in a cocoon of utter fabulousness. Young and partially naive, I welcomed all experience and callowly ignored any hints of sudden insanity caused by rampant desire It was my first encounter with a particular kind of reality, which my religion, my upbringing, and the callowly romantic cast of my mind had declared obscene. callowness noun Jarrett was entirely unafflicted with nerves and the fear of failure simply because of his callowness. Example sentencesExamples While the movie has certain qualities that make it worth seeing, the first 30 minutes of adolescent callowness is just as boring as any American teenage movie. To overcome the obvious disadvantages of such callowness, standout toughness or really remarkable talent are required. Patch Darragh has an aw-shucks quality that does fine at capturing Romeo's callowness and naïveté. The callowness now on display goes a long way toward explaining why politicians and the media are held in public esteem somewhere above child molesters and below bankers. Origin Old 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'. You would not think of a callow youth as someone who was bald, but that is what Old English calu meant. A later use referred to young birds and meant ‘not yet able to fly, unfledged’. The idea of fluffy young birds must have put people in mind of the down on a youth's cheek and chin, which led to the present sense ‘immature or inexperienced’. Rhymes aloe, fallow, hallow, mallow, marshmallow, sallow, shallow, tallow Definition of callow in US English: callow adjectiveˈkalōˈkæloʊ (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. earnest and callow undergraduates Example sentencesExamples His career has its interesting moments, but he registers on screen as no more than a callow, whey-faced pretty boy in need of a charisma transfusion. Our relationship goes back more than 25 years to the days when he was coaching at the Greenyards in Melrose, and I was a callow flanker still finding my way in the game. More often than not he appears to be a gormless, callow youth blundering around the park, as much laughed at as berated, even by his own supporters. Pop still mesmerises the callow tastes of the young, but rock seems to have been sidelined into a form that reflects the thought processes and last-gasp ambitions of the middle-aged. Hay is able to recount the callow 17-year-old who impressed him in training. But Lara is adamant that their first match, against South Africa, will provide an accurate barometer of just how far his callow and inexperienced team have come. The main body of the film focuses on Homer's physical and emotional journey, with Maguire, boyish and callow, fumbling his way through his character's awakening. He was once accused of suffering from mad cow disease on the back of his railings at opposing managers over his decision to enlist a platoon of callow, hungry juniors into senior football. Do officials or advisers, whose ignorance of learning and teaching is matched only by their callow arrogance, really believe that they have a right to tell primary teachers what to do and how to think? He finds a way for us to root for the callow man, and even root for Martha and him to find happiness any way they can. Even back then, even as a callow teen, I defended his right to have written it, though I was inclined to want to punch him in the face for having done so, were I ever to meet him. However, we were but callow, untried amateurs back then. But as all the girls were being played by callow youths with high voices, many of the bawdy references would be directed at them and their questionable or unformed masculinity. A callow president had the sense to surround himself with people who had three great virtues. Sending off a bunch of callow lads because a few opinion-formers safely over conscription age thought it was a good idea and might secure the next election would have been outrageous. At 27 I was too breezy, too callow, and more gullible than I'd like to admit. Elsewhere, it's a case of familiar faces with the same blend of seasoned professionals and callow youths expected to form the backbone of the side. The modern proponents of self-esteem argue that the undeveloped self, however callow, should be praised as it is. More important, Higgins was fully credible as a heroic actor, while Hurley was perfect as the callow, fervent young Fugard. The story, such as it is, revolves around the amorous misadventures of the brothers Kirwan, three callow youths with high sex drives but poor steering control. Synonyms immature, inexperienced, naive, green, as green as grass, born yesterday, raw, unseasoned, untrained, untried Origin Old 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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