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[flaming-tyger.livejournal.com]

callow-adjective [kal-oh]
immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/callow

Her callow notebook had little idea what was in store for it at the beginning of the year.

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[emma-mage.livejournal.com]

I like the word, but the example sentence seemed a little strange to me. I guess technically there is nothing wrong with using "callow" in this sentence. However, stylistically and in standard usage, it's not an adjective that I imagine would be used for an inanimate object. That is, unless it was a piece of a creative writing in which the inanimate object is given its own perspective. I'm worried it will confuse people for whom English is a second language.

[scarlet-arts.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to offend the poster, but I find many of the example sentences to be awkward.

[bnl52577.livejournal.com]

"Whoa, she called you callow in here."
"You say that like it's bad."
"Well, it means frightened and weak-willed."
"Really. ...That was the only part of the letter I thought was complimentary."

-Paul

[bnl52577.livejournal.com]

Haha I had to look it up to get the exact wording. I was so excited to see this word today that I had to make sure my quote was accurate.

-Paul

I must say, I like the characterization of the notebook...it's offbeat.

[cobraqueen-22.livejournal.com]

"Mercy for us of the few, young years,
Of the culture so callow and crude,
Of the hands so grasping and rude,
The lips so ready for sneers
At the sons of our ancient more-than-peers."
--Robert Haven Schauffler, "Scum o' the Earth"

[howl-lawler.livejournal.com]

I'm totally stealing this word and using it to sound smart!=3