puerile
Day 3Level 2PYOO-ruhl
childish
childish, immature
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
silly, jejune, foolish, callow
Antonyms:
mature, adult
Example Sentence:
The article is frivolous; its argument puerile and illogical.
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