(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.
Unbecoming
Definition:
(a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
Example Sentences:
(1) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of oversensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
(2) Rodgers had claimed Sterling’s behaviour was unbecoming of a professional sportsperson after footage emerged of the player appearing to pass out having allegedly taken the legal high known as laughing gas at his home near Southport.
(3) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
(4) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of over-sensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
(5) Once a thorn in the side of modern toffdom – the string of minor convictions, the stints in rehab, the unbecoming leisurewear, the infamous legal spat with Daddy – Jamie is now, at 56, a reformed, drug-free and endearingly blustery galumpher with Wurzelian hair and skin the colour of raw mince.
(6) And, 'tis true, that you don't need to look long for evidence online of behaviour unbecoming gentle men and women.
(7) The Australian’s on court demeanor has attracted praise and opprobrium in equal measure, split between those who think the game needs more characters and those who find his behaviour unbecoming.
(8) Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, said they were “unbecoming” for a president-elect and seemed to show that Trump was rankled by losing the popular vote.
(9) In politicians, it might be unbecoming to live a life of gross opulence, but showbiz is different.
(10) It's unbecoming of a great nation like Egypt , it's unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this," his father Juris Greste said.
(11) You wouldn’t immediately know it to look at him: although he knows more about men’s clothes than any other novelist I’ve ever met, he seems to feel that at his stage of life it would be unbecoming to draw too much attention to his appearance.
(12) Mark Butler, Labor’s environment spokesman, said Hunt’s criticism of Grimes was “unbecoming of an elected representative”.
(13) 11.12am: An email, from Andy Nicol: Pivoting off your discussion of Oscar Tabarez and tainted World Cup achievements, I wonder if we might consider the Suarez incident and its reception in Uruguay as just the latest in a rather unbecoming attitude towards their place in world football?
(14) Foreigners “flopping” was a debate in the US, whose national side, led by anti-diving campaigner Jürgen Klinsmann, don’t stoop that low: USA Today called it “unbecoming”; The Washington Post ran a guide: “So you think you can flop?”; The Wall Street Journal called it “soccer’s oldest and most despised tactic” and listed “average writhing times”.
(15) Cameron’s language also drew criticism from backbench Labour MPs, including Chuka Umunna , the former shadow business secretary, who said it was inflammatory and unbecoming of the prime minister’s office, and Mary Creagh, a former Labour leadership hopeful, who said it was “dehumanising language”.
(16) Americans don't prefer male bosses because men carry some sort of boss-gene on their Y chromosome; Americans prefer male bosses because male authority is respected while female authority is unbecoming, and because the expectations are set so high for women in power that it's nearly impossible for any mere mortal to meet them.
(17) "This kind of behaviour is unbecoming of a party that functions in an open democratic stage and especially one which leads the national government."
(18) Yet he describes Goldsmith’s tactics as “unbecoming of anyone wanting to lead a city like London that is so successfully multiethnic and multiracial”.
(19) He has also been disciplined by the Law Society for "conduct unbecoming ."
(20) Pacific leaders respond to Australian minister's sea level remarks Read more Noting that a meeting in Canberra was running a bit late, Dutton quipped it was running to “Cape York time”, to which Abbott replied: “We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby.” Dutton then said: “Time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door.” The president of Kiribati has since called the joke “vulgar” and “quite unbecoming of leadership”.