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- Dictionarycallow/ˈkaləʊ/
adjective
- 1. (of a young person) inexperienced and immature: "earnest and callow undergraduates"
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Callow means someone who is inexperienced, naive or immature, especially a young person. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see its synonyms and translations in different languages.
Callow means lacking adult sophistication or experience, or immature. It comes from a word that meant "bald" in Middle English and Old English, and was applied to young birds not yet ready for flight.
Callow means lacking experience or knowledge of the way one should behave as an adult, or unfledged and featherless for a young bird. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related terms from Collins English Dictionary.
Callow definition: immature or inexperienced. See examples of CALLOW used in a sentence.
Callow means someone, especially a young person, who is inexperienced, naive or immature. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see its synonyms and translations in different languages.
If you're a rookie or new to something, you could be described as callow — like callow freshmen in high school or the callow receptionist who can't figure out how to transfer a call. The word callow comes from the Old English word calu , which meant "bald or featherless."
Callow means lacking adult maturity or experience; immature. Find the origin, pronunciation, translation and examples of callow in different contexts, such as biology, zoology and theatre.
