Callow

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–adjective 

1. immature or inexperienced: a callow youth. 

2. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.  



–noun 

3. a recently hatched worker ant.  



—Synonyms 

1. untried, green, raw; naive, puerile (孩子氣), jejune. (枯燥無味缺少營養) [ji-joon]

—Antonyms 

1. mature, adult, experienced.





　

Jude Law, 30, had officially and unarguably arrived in his late 20s with his portrayal of a callow golden boy in The Talented Mr Ripley (1999). Ever afterwards he was expected to become a major lead star even though he'd continued with the riveting supporting parts rather than going straight for the franchises or headlining work. 



Unfortunately the box office didn't [cooperate] so much on the intermittent lead gigs that he did take. Cold Mountain, hyped to be an Oscar frontrunner long before its debut (it failed to get a Best Picture nom), was on the way. Unfortunately the latter remains his last true hit, grossing nearly $100 million. 





brogue 

rogue schmuck curmudgeon cad

sourpuss 

sullen dour

scowl His wife [scowled] when he came home late again.

Dingy



cad

Nubile