as in immature
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
you almost spoiled the ceremony for everyone with your childish giggling
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Recent Examples of childish
The first as intended, that the debate was childish silliness that didn’t help anyone choose a candidate.
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Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Sep. 2024
Just enjoy this amazing spectacle and stop being childish.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
Voters are bored with the cruel and childish rhetorical exchanges between candidates and prefer to hear their ideas and compare their agendas instead.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
But there’s also a childish naivety to it: there’s nothing clever about the way James conducted himself in Dominik’s film.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Sep. 2024
Just enjoy this amazing spectacle and stop being childish.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
Voters are bored with the cruel and childish rhetorical exchanges between candidates and prefer to hear their ideas and compare their agendas instead.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
But there’s also a childish naivety to it: there’s nothing clever about the way James conducted himself in Dominik’s film.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for childish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for childish
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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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“Childish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childish. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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