The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CHILDISH
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More clues leading to the result CHILDISH
- Infantile learner withdrawn from cool course
- Mostly cold item on menu suitable for a youngster
- Almost cool meal suitable for infants
- Briefly refrigerate babe? That’s immature
- Endless cold food? That’s silly
- Silly South American country running short of energy and food
- Second class food has vital force? Silly
- Simple, endlessly cool beauty
- It’s naive to refrigerate unfinished food
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What does CHILDISH mean?
CHILDISH adjective- Of or suitable for a child.
- Behaving immaturely.