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callow

[ kal-oh ]

adjective

  1. immature or inexperienced:

    a callow youth.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

    Antonyms: , , ,

  2. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.


noun

  1. a recently hatched worker ant.

callow

1

/ ˈ°ìæ±ôəʊ /

adjective

  1. lacking experience of life; immature
  2. rare.
    (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Callow

2

/ ˈ°ìæ±ôəʊ /

noun

  1. CallowSimon1949MBritishTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: theatre directorWRITING: author Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦²¹±ô±ô´Ç·É²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of callow1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English calu “baldâ€; cognate with Dutch kaal, German kahl “b²¹±ô»å,†Old Church Slavonic ²µ´Ç±ôÅ­ “b²¹°ù±ðâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of callow1

Old English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic ²µ´Ç±ôú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus bald
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Example Sentences

As he attempted to build a young team with sell-on value in the future while remaining competitive in the present, his team was callow, inconsistent and flaky.

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I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.

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Quayle’s stricken look — a rictus of shock and humiliation — spoke to the devastation of the rejoinder after which, it’s fair to say, his callow image never fully faded.

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Besides looking callow on offense, they wasted a solid bounce-back outing from starter Emerson Hancock, as well.

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In a team largely made up of callow youth, Spencer and his fellow underdogs were organised and disciplined and too mentally strong to buckle under the pressure Scotland put on them, which wasn't nearly enough.

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