weaned

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Adjective
  • Putting in a bid for Sorsby would be diametrically opposed to the preachings of Canales — who has spent this offseason building a QB room that is meant to elevate Young.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
  • Homeowners like Sylvia Sifuentes aren’t necessarily opposed to the BID.
    Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • The subtext beneath that statement is that Syd recognizes why Tina might be loath to take orders from a boss who is younger and, relative to Carmy, inexperienced in the business.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Army investigations have repeatedly pointed to the same factors contributing to fatal training incidents including sleep deprivation, inadequate training and inexperienced leaders supervising high-risk exercises.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Humans are instinctively averse to pain, conditioned instead to solve and strengthen and maximize, to inure ourselves to hurt.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Stock compensation made executives even more risk-averse and short-term focused, not entrepreneurial.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • But while viewers know what’s up from The Fall’s start, Northern Ireland’s unseasoned law enforcement officials haven’t a clue who’s behind the body count.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
  • Founders who think high spending on technology is a badge of success recall those from the dot-com era, when unseasoned executives ignored business basics, many even arguing that profits were no longer important.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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“Weaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weaned. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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