as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
the boy now thinks that playing with blocks is a rather babyish activity
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Instead, too many people are willing to write off his childish, mean-spirited antics by saying, well, Trump's just being Trump.ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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With each day, the boy’s instinctive interest in natural history transcended his childish thirst for adventure.Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Some growers also pinch plants back in September to create an even crown and remove immature stem segments.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Leads By 1 Point In Two Latest Surveys Unfortunately, these metrics do not work well for an immature, emerging business.Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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In a more recent study, researchers gathered data from nearly 7,000 adolescent school children in Ontario, Canada.Carina Woudenberg, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said Monday.Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to focus on advancing SLK in Phase 3 clinical trials for hidradenitis suppurativa and psoriatic arthritis, with additional trials planned for juvenile HS, palmoplantar pustulosis, and axial spondyloarthritis.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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The stalks on the juvenile Arthropleura resemble those of a crab, which could point to the creature having an amphibious youth before becoming terrestrial in adulthood.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Babyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babyish. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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