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rookielike

rookielike adjective: characteristic of a rookie; amateurish, naive.

Adjective

rookielike (comparative more rookielike, superlative most rookielike)

  1. Characteristic of a rookie; amateurish, naive.
    • Chad Pennington, the Jets’ usually cool-headed veteran quarterback, made two rookielike mistakes in the first quarter, which resulted in Vikings scores.2007 August 19, Karen Crouse, “No Shortage of Culprits in Meltdown by the Jets”, in New York Times

Forms of rookielike

comparativemore rookielike
superlativemost rookielike

Origin of rookielike

From rookie + -like.

Questions about rookielike

What does rookielike mean?
Rookielike means characteristic of a rookie; amateurish, naive.
What part of speech is rookielike?
Rookielike is an adjective.

Words near rookielike in the dictionary

  1. rookie
  2. rookie card
  3. rookie cards
  4. rookie numbers
  5. rookied
  6. rookielike
  7. rookier
  8. rookies
  9. rookiest
  10. rooking
  11. rookings

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