as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
the infantile humor that teenage boys are justly famous for
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Recent Examples of infantile
Social media users obsessed over every new documentation of her teething and tumbling and infantile antics, and the followers of the zoo’s TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts skyrocketed.
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Though her infantile husband and his family treat Anora as a disposable plaything, Madison gives her a thrilling pugnacity — while at the same time locating the pathos of her emotionally bruising ordeal.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
When people are being killed and cities and essential civilian infrastructure are being razed, disavowing responsibility is both infantile and amoral.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2023
As people mature, they’re supposed to leave such infantile behavior behind them.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2024
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Though her infantile husband and his family treat Anora as a disposable plaything, Madison gives her a thrilling pugnacity — while at the same time locating the pathos of her emotionally bruising ordeal.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
When people are being killed and cities and essential civilian infrastructure are being razed, disavowing responsibility is both infantile and amoral.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2023
As people mature, they’re supposed to leave such infantile behavior behind them.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantile
Adjective
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The tradeoff is a bit childish, sure, but Harry is also so ubiquitous that just about everyone knows one.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Mar. 2025
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But the benefits in making the Watch jauntily colorful, for instance, could be outweighed by a result that looks, well, childish.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Disturbing New Details Emerge About the State of the Global Climate Chronic Climate Stressors Hadfield and her team identified three main ways that climate change affected adolescent mental health.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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The low-scoring adolescent may not have enjoyed those same advantages and may have experienced stress due to poverty.—
Dalton Conley,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Adult males, called boars, are emerging from their dens this month, with females and juvenile bears expected to follow in April and early May.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Paulo needed physical therapy to recover from several surgeries to shorten her left leg to the length of her right leg — the difference a consequence of juvenile arthritis.—
Jordan Rau,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Infantile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantile. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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