Callow (Adjective)
Meaning
Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The new recruit's callow inexperience was evident in his faltering presentation to the board of directors.
- As a callow intern, she struggled to navigate the complex office politics of her new workplace.
- The callow entrepreneur had high hopes for his fledgling startup, despite his complete lack of business experience.
- With his callow assumption that the market would automatically respond to his product, the inventor was unprepared for the reality of fierce competition.
- In her callow youth, she had thought that success would come easily, but years of struggle had tempered her expectations.