as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
the infantile humor that teenage boys are justly famous for
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Recent Examples of infantile
The infantile abomination that is The Boss Baby is the most unhinged example of the studio’s manic folly.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
But, true to form, Abbott doesn’t self-righteously shove these issues in our faces, lecturing on about statistics or writing the students as infantile or helpless.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Social media users obsessed over every new documentation of her teething and tumbling and infantile antics, and the followers of the zoo’s TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts skyrocketed.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Though her infantile husband and his family treat Anora as a disposable plaything, Madison gives her a thrilling pugnacity — while at the same time locating the pathos of her emotionally bruising ordeal.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
But, true to form, Abbott doesn’t self-righteously shove these issues in our faces, lecturing on about statistics or writing the students as infantile or helpless.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Social media users obsessed over every new documentation of her teething and tumbling and infantile antics, and the followers of the zoo’s TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts skyrocketed.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Though her infantile husband and his family treat Anora as a disposable plaything, Madison gives her a thrilling pugnacity — while at the same time locating the pathos of her emotionally bruising ordeal.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantile
Adjective
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That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Saying that people are childish and should show more journalistic integrity in a piece like this is missing the point.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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After reaming her besties out for having not changed at all since their teen years, Laurie reverts back to her adolescent self.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.—
Emily Mullin,
Wired News,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Adult males, called boars, are emerging from their dens this month, with females and juvenile bears expected to follow in April and early May.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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But with the White House continuing to insist that Goldberg lied and that nothing was classified, The Atlantic called their bluff and published them in full, complete with missile-launch schedules and juvenile fist-bump emojis.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Infantile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantile. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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