Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Marked by or springing from immature experience or judgment; ignorant.

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Examples

  • On a closed-off street at the foot of Capitol Hill, workers hauled in containers with wheat plants in each stage of the life cycle — from grassy young sprouts to green-headed shoots to amber waves of grain ready for harvest.

    Wheat Field Sprouts in Downtown Washington 2010

  • On a closed-off street at the foot of Capitol Hill, workers hauled in containers with wheat plants in each stage of the life cycle — from grassy young sprouts to green-headed shoots to amber waves of grain ready for harvest.

    Wheat Field Sprouts in Downtown Washington 2010

  • The Mask got it all wrong by making this explicit, by separating the character of Stanley Ipkiss, shat-upon bank clerk, from the green-headed, dance-floor-dominating pimp he became when he put on his magic mask.

    The Existential Clown 2008

  • The Mask got it all wrong by making this explicit, by separating the character of Stanley Ipkiss, shat-upon bank clerk, from the green-headed, dance-floor-dominating pimp he became when he put on his magic mask.

    The Existential Clown 2008

  • Copy of a letter of July 4, 1805, to the president of the United States,: Supposed by the writer, to be fitted, specially, for the eye and courage of the ... green-headed "free citizens," every where by James Lovell

    Rotten Government Reigns, and Like Bad Weather, We Do Nothing About It 2009

  • The singer who has starred in appeared in over 20 films including Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Labyrinth, and Absolute Beginners, has often complained that after playing an alien in cult movie The Man Who Fell To Earth, he was only offered roles as “green-headed Martians”.

    We’re Not Saying You’re Literally An Alien, David Bowie, But… | Best Week Ever 2007

  • Copy of a letter of July 4, 1805, to the president of the United States,: Supposed by the writer, to be fitted, specially, for the eye and courage of the ... green-headed "free citizens," every where by James Lovell

    Let War Resisters Stay in Canada 2008

  • Copy of a letter of July 4, 1805, to the president of the United States,: Supposed by the writer, to be fitted, specially, for the eye and courage of the ... green-headed "free citizens," every where by James Lovell

    Can We Finally Be Honest With Ourselves Now? 2008

  • Copy of a letter of July 4, 1805, to the president of the United States,: Supposed by the writer, to be fitted, specially, for the eye and courage of the ... green-headed "free citizens," every where by James Lovell

    Our Government is Lying to Us/Question Authority! 2008

  • We went off to the nature trails on Tuesday but the bugs--big green-headed deer flies--drove us back into an area called Red Maple Swamp where, strangely, there were almost no bugs at all.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Will 2006

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