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unreif — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • callow adj Young and lacking experience of life.
  • immature adj Behaving in a childish or emotionally undeveloped way.
  • juvenile adj Young or not yet fully grown; relating to young people.
  • unripe adj Happening or arriving before the right time.
  • verdant adj Colored green.

Senses

unreif is used for these senses in English:

  • callow (figurative) Lacking life experience; immature, inexperienced, naive; also, of or relating to something immature or inexperienced.
  • immature Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
  • immature Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
  • juvenile Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
  • unripe Not ripe.
  • verdant Inexperienced.

callow — full definition

  1. adj Young and lacking experience of life.
  2. adj (archaic) Without any hair; bald.
  3. adj (of a brick) Not yet fired in a kiln.
  4. adj Describes a young bird that has not grown its feathers yet, or, more widely, a young animal still without fur.

immature — full definition

  1. adj Behaving in a childish or emotionally undeveloped way.
  2. adj Not yet fully grown or developed.
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