callow

callow [adjective]:  immature or inexperienced.

Example: Seeing that the accused was a callow youth, the judge gave him a light sentence.

Related words: callowness [noun], callowly [adverb]

Synonyms: green, guileless, inexperienced, jejune, juvenile, naive, puerile, raw, sophomoric, unsophisticated, untried, young, youthful

Antonyms: experienced, mature, sophisticated

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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