as in immature
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
you almost spoiled the ceremony for everyone with your childish giggling
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Recent Examples of childish
The top is tufted, and the slightly pleated skirt gives it just enough charm without treading into childish territory.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2025
Tuesday, Perez snapped back, accusing the governor of childish behavior.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Ellis wants to be more, do more, and as much as he’s come to respect Saxton like a father, there’s a bit of childish resentment mixed in, too, for being treated like the second-best son.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2025
Tuesday, Perez snapped back, accusing the governor of childish behavior.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Ellis wants to be more, do more, and as much as he’s come to respect Saxton like a father, there’s a bit of childish resentment mixed in, too, for being treated like the second-best son.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childish
Adjective
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Insecure endpoints, poor management and generally immature cybersecurity practices created an ecosystem ripe with exploitable gaps.—
Thomas Ryd,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Moment Makers Group All cycles involved fresh oocytes (immature eggs found in the ovaries) from young donors (average age 26.1), frozen sperm from male partners and a single blastocyst embryo transfer.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Injury and burnout were adult problems, far from my adolescent horizon.—
Ellen O'Connell Whittet
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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Katie Hurley, a child and adolescent psychotherapist and senior clinical advisor for The Jed Foundation, encourages parents to read the labels of any supplements or protein powders their sons are currently using or interested in trying.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Chief among these concerns are the misguided beliefs by some supporting the passage of legislation aimed at ensuring juvenile crimes start in the juvenile system, including heinous acts such as murder and rape.—
Ivan J. Bates,
Baltimore Sun,
30 June 2025
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Sharks don’t seek out humans and most incidents are cases of mistaken identity – including by juvenile sharks that fail to distinguish between humans and their prey, shark researchers have told CNN.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
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“Childish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childish. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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