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Dictionary: cal·low   (kăl'ō) pronunciation
adj.
Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature: a callow young man.

[Middle English calwe, bald, from Old English calu.]

callowness cal'low·ness n.

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adj

Definition: immature
Antonyms: experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lacking experience of life
  Synonyms: inexperienced, naive, unsophisticated


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dunet, nøgen, uerfaren

Nederlands (Dutch)
onvolwassen, nog zonder veren

Français (French)
adj. - imberbe, sans expérience, sans plumes (un oiseau)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unreif, kahl

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που δεν έχει βγάλει φτερά, (μτφ.) ανώριμος, άπειρος

Italiano (Italian)
imberbe, implume

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inexperiente, implume

Русский (Russian)
неоперившийся, зеленый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inexperto, inmaduro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ofjädrad, omogen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
年轻而无经验的, 未生羽毛的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 年輕而無經驗的, 未生羽毛的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아직 깃털이 나지 않은, 풋내기의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 羽毛がまだ生えない, 未熟な, 青二才の, 未経験の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قليل الخبرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-ניסיון, צעיר, חסר-נוצות‬


 
 

 

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