Camille Paglia

I'm worried about the future of America insofar as our academically most promising students are being funneled through the cookie-cutter Ivy League and other elite schools and emerging with this callow anti-American, anti-military cast to their thinking.

American Author

Richard Corliss

Fess up, 'Hunger Games' fans: Does anyone care about Peeta or find him attractive? He's the Ron Weasley of the series: he gets points for callow valor and sympathy for his run of bad luck, but he remains a pasty, earnest bore.

American Writer

Margot Lee Shetterly

As a callow 18-year-old leaving for college, I'd seen my home town as a mere launching pad for a life in worldlier locales, a place to be from rather than a place to be.

Cass Gilbert

It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

American Architect

Rob Lowe

Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.

American Actor

Often implies insufficient ability or judgment due to inexperience.

Negative Implication

Used when highlighting someone's need to learn and grow in a field.

Learning Context

While it hints at immaturity, it's not typically used as a harsh criticism.

Not an Insult

Can simply refer to being new to a position or role.

Not Always Negative

Often describes someone young, emphasizing they're at the beginning stage.

Nuance of Youth

Refers more to experience level than physical age.

Not About Age

 because ignorance has a lot of bad connotations and I clearly don't mean any of those. So I don't mean stupidity, I don't mean a callow indifference to fact or reason or data. The ignorant are clearly unenlightened, unaware, uninformed, and present company today excepted,

Callow