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Puerile

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Puerility 74% connected

The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.

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Puerility 74% connected

The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.

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Child 66% connected

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used…

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Adolescent 92% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Jejune 92% connected

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Juvenile 92% connected

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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