Puerile

It seems puerile and inconsistent with the change in Prime Ministerial tone to downplay the murderous events of the period preceding the call out of the reservists, but that is par for the Government’s deflection course.

Joke presents are wildly popular, not only because they’re cheap, but also because a good number of posh people have a puerile sense of humour.

Still, seen through today’s eyes, some of the old Creem content can seem puerile, even offensive.

There’s a genius that threads itself through this tale of underage drinking and infantile dick doodles, which raises it from the puerile to the profound.

They further noted that the criminal court has promoted colonialism in a puerile attempt to return the African continent to western domination.

Mozart, on the other hand, may be puerile and overly carnal in his relations with his wife-to-be Constanze, but he is the incarnation of innocence itself; brimming over with a natural love of life.

The argument that young people, because they will inherit the future, are also best equipped to comprehend it is as puerile as any of Greta's positions.

The blurter- outer that the said senior auditor destroyed the tax history file of companies he gave tax waivers to is also both risible and puerile.

This was a coarse and puerile gesture — and a little threatening.

I cannot condescend to such a low, petty, puerile and infantile level of juvenile vituperation for any conceivable reason.

So such arguments are puerile at best.

Carpenter also criticized Bogdanovich for his "puerile preference for ingenues".

This was my first production: puerile pedantry.