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Adjective
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Miami’s infantile offense can’t afford to carry this team.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2026 -
That now seemed an infantile idea.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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This one has a charming clover shape to make your space feel animated, but not childish.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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The result feels comforting without skewing childish.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Suzanne O’Donnell, an accomplished regional theater actor with a lot of Shakespeare on her resume, plays Penrose as both a warm mothering figure to these two occasionally babyish men but does not downplay the character’s pragmatic side.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The researchers looked at the adolescent’s subjective perception that a device was interfering with the relationship.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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But as our adolescent hero discovers, with great imagination comes great responsibility.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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Muscle mass is beneficial, too, for lifelong metabolic health, and resistance exercise probably improves brain health by releasing substances into the bloodstream that travel to the brain and jump-start processes there that help keep it youthful.—
Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2026
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Stocked with a pair of first-round selections in what’s been deemed as a deep talent pool, the Hornets are on track to add to their youthful core of Knueppel, LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
Adjective
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According to police, one woman was shot in the extremity, two juvenile males had lower extremity injuries, and an adult male and female with lower extremity injuries were admitted into area hospitals, all with non-life-threatening injuries.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Nina Fróes, who was fired from her Chelmsford, Massachusetts, courtroom in April, had covered a juvenile docket toward the end of her tenure.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
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“Infantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantine. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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