Upon closer examination, the comment was shown to be puerile and not well thought out. From LearnThat.org.
puerile breathing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a puerile piece of writing. From Dictionary.com.
Your example of email being maligned as puerile is just a case in point. From Wordnik.com. [Re: e(-)mail « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I view Goodling's use of the word as an attempt to deny responsibility for her actions by seeing herself in puerile terms. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
I couldn’t resist the pun; some of us think puerile is funny. From Wordnik.com. [COCK UP • by Jonathan Pinnock] Reference
As I said, some of us think puerile is funny. From Wordnik.com. [COCK UP • by Jonathan Pinnock] Reference
Will this kind of puerile reasoning ever be left in the 1st grade?. From Wordnik.com. [Big Construction Plans for UVa at cvillenews.com] Reference
Which is more than can be said for Bob Hatton's "puerile" response. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This kind of puerile Description is a very pretty Employment for an old. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 May 1777] Reference
(That is why its not 'puerile' to call Barry a Marxist: its the plain truth). From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
I think I used the word "puerile" to describe many blogs in my previous post, so here goes. From Wordnik.com. [A spectrum of jokes] Reference
Is there any way I can object to Wittman's argument without being instantly labeled "puerile"?. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Sargent: Anti-War Liberals Are Acting in the Interests of Party and Country] Reference
Martin has wonderful posts, a good sense of humor - I mean, it's good - not like my "puerile" type. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-10] Reference
I suspect that Freeganism is just more of the kind of puerile disaffection so common among young lefties. From Wordnik.com. [Not Buying It] Reference
It is common to find that literary authors look down on what sells and dismiss it as 'puerile', 'worthless' and 'trash'. From Wordnik.com. [Literature versus trash and other myths of the modern age] Reference
I don’t see this kind of puerile irrationality with even my behavioral disorder students. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Podesta: In Support of Christmas Trees, In Opposition to Budget Cuts Targeting the Vulnerable] Reference
A vivid picture, illustrating puerile peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
Sometimes the level is more poisonous than puerile. From Wordnik.com. [Why Even Try The Imitation?] Reference
Watchdog groups say he's both puerile and dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Evil To The End] Reference
Your idea is too complex for her puerile little mind. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
There was no use in fighting back on such puerile terms. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
In this context, the Washington debate seems particularly puerile. From Wordnik.com. [Robert L. Borosage: Reality Check] Reference
Snookums '"learning" periods, but that seemed rather obvious and puerile now. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
What you did reads and works like the puerile suggestion of a school-boy's theme. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Monsieur -- (shrugging his shoulders) -- What you say is childish, puerile, silly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"The idea that thought and action are opposites is so puerile there's nothing to discuss.". From Wordnik.com. [Sartre, Meet Sarkozy] Reference
Shall I speak of all the frailty and all the mysteries which seem puerile to those who do not respect them?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Now, he stars in E4's The Inbetweeners (as a teacher) and in the anarcho-puerile sketch troupe We Are Klang. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Davies] Reference
The love of power is very puerile; and this man is devoured by it, without having force enough to seize it wholly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
What is the use of bolstering up a presumably sincere religious movement with these puerile and mischievous statements?. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
To-day I can laugh when I recall the childishness of my actions, the outcome of the unreasoned promptings of my puerile jealousy. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
The fraternity system strikes my students here as bizarre and antiquated, its Dionysian initiation rites puerile if not pernicious. From Wordnik.com. [A Hard Lesson To Learn] Reference
I feel ashamed to be from the same country as men who regarded this war as a target shoot and who carried it out with puerile enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
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