callow

adjective
🔊/ˈkæləʊ/
🔊/ˈkæləʊ/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. young and without experience幼稚无经验的;未谙世事的 synonym inexperienced
    • a callow youth乳臭未干的年轻人
    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’.