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as in immature
lacking in adult experience or maturity
inexperienced teenagers who, naturally, thought they knew everything
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as in amateur
lacking or showing a lack of expert skill
an inexperienced carpenter had obviously built the rough-hewn cabin
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He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025 -
From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The low-scoring adolescent may not have enjoyed those same advantages and may have experienced stress due to poverty.—
Dalton Conley,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Disturbing New Details Emerge About the State of the Global Climate Chronic Climate Stressors Hadfield and her team identified three main ways that climate change affected adolescent mental health.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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But this is actually largely driven by younger, college-age adults.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Westies gang have to face off against the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, even as an internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership brews and the Westies face being swept up into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into organized crime.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Inexperienced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperienced. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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