(a.) Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
(a.) Puerile; trifling; weak.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fundamental differences between childish and schizophrenic ways of interpreting the world will be presented, showing the specificity of cognitive representation in schizophrenic thinking.
(2) The childish vulnerability she brings out in Sara balances out the visual bleakness of the film.
(3) [De Boer-Buquicchio] meant sexualised depictions of childish looking characters in manga and anime.
(4) "Hopefully, the lesson is to stop this foolish childishness," McCain said Thursday on CNN.
(5) If that sounded childish, Waugh's writing was valued by good judges.
(6) Against my will I had to keep watching those two black companions who persistently marked out our movements ahead of us, like walking silhouettes, and it gave me – our feelings are sometimes so childish – a certain reassurance to see that my shadow was longer, slimmer, I almost said "better-looking", than the short, stout shadow of my companion.
(7) A letter in which Albert Einstein branded religious beliefs as "childish superstitions" and the "product of human weaknesses" has been sold at auction in London for £170,000 to a private collector, smashing the world record for a letter by the great scientist.
(8) It was fairly childish, but it made me laugh.” Attenborough also talks about the dangers of climate change ahead of a new documentary to be shown over the festive period, 60 years after he first scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef in 1957.
(9) And it's important to understand the difference between being childlike and being childish.
(10) "Or like a small dog barking — it's so childish."
(11) (Though my childish understanding, informed by the culture I lived in, led me to believe that "cousin" was the operative problem there.)
(12) Mollie Whitworth North Walsham, Norfolk • What an impressive change the House of Lords debate on tax credit regulations made to the usual childish Punch and Judy politics of the other house.
(13) Once in charge, they believe they are done with such childish things, and can’t conceive of circumstances in which they will be judged – especially when convinced of their own rectitude.
(14) It is a mark of a life unlived, of a childish world view retained.
(15) This campaign is nothing but a self-interested and cynical ploy by the newspaper, a childish way of hitting back at the growing chorus of anti-Page 3 voices .
(16) What sense would there have been sealing up the Da Vinci, unless you get into childish Dan Brown logic?"
(17) The sale will be watched carefully because a letter in which he branded religious beliefs as "childish superstitions" and the "product of human weaknesses" that went on sale in May smashed the record for an Einstein letter by fetching £170,000.
(18) This was “childish back and forth”, charged New Jersey governor Chris Christie .
(19) It's a rare interlude of childish exuberance for girls whose young lives are dominated by the twice daily walk to the well and home, carrying heavy water cans, and other domestic chores.
(20) Those who don't suffer from them find them mystifying; childish, even.
Trusting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trust
(a.) Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.
Example Sentences:
(1) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
(2) A key way of regaining public trust will be reforming the system of remuneration as agreed by the G20.
(3) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
(4) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
(5) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
(6) "The value the public place on the BBC is actually rising," said Lyons, citing research carried out by the BBC Trust earlier this year.
(7) Figures from 228 organisations, of which 154 are acute hospital trusts, show that 2,077 inpatient procedures have been cancelled due to the two-day strike alongside 3,187 day case operations and procedures.
(8) That's why the Trussell Trust has been calling for an in depth inquiry into the causes of food poverty.
(9) Terry Waite Chair, Benedict Birnberg Deputy chair, Antonio Ferrara CEO The Prisons Video Trust • If I want to build a bridge, I call in a firm of civil engineers who specialise in bridge-building.
(10) That has driven whole river systems to a complete population crash,” said Darren Tansley, a wildlife officer with Essex Wildlife Trust.
(11) In confidence rape, the assailant is known to some degree, however slight, and gains control over his victim by winning her trust.
(12) The deteriorating situation would worsen if ministers pressed ahead with another controversial Lansley policy – that of abolishing the cap on the amount of income semi-independent foundation trust hospitals can make by treating private patients.
(13) In addition we also suggested that he was in charge of the company's privacy policy and that he now trusts open source software where he can examine the underlying code himself.
(14) "It will mean root-and-branch change for our banks if we are to deliver real change for Britain, if we are to rebuild our economy so it works for working people, and if we are to restore trust in a sector of our economy worth billions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of jobs to our country."
(15) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
(16) We trust that others will be stimulated to investigate further applications of this instrumental approach to problems in cell biology.
(17) The trust was a compromise hammered out in the wake of the Hutton report, when the corporation hoped to maintain the status quo by preserving the old BBC governors.
(18) "I agree [with the policy] if you live in a climate of trust," said Mourinho.
(19) The party she led still touts itself as the bunch you can trust with the nation's money.
(20) Its findings will be presented to the BBC Trust as well as to both Houses of Parliament.