Adolescent Vocabulary

adjective immature or inexperienced

• The callow youth showed great potential in his first year of university.
• She's a bit callow, but she'll learn with more experience.
• That callow dude needs to grow up and stop acting like a child.
• The callow flower bloomed into a beautiful rose after facing many challenges.

noun a young man

adjective relating to a young or inexperienced person

• The stripling was eager to prove himself in battle.
• That stripling over there thinks he knows everything.
• Check out that little stripling trying to act tough.
• He may be a stripling in age, but his wisdom surpasses many elders.