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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| green | adjective | idiomatic | fairly common | No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| lacking training, knowledge, experience or sophistication; naïve | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| Some companies like to hire highly qualified people, while others like to get them green and train them themselves. | ||||
| Note: see also greenhorn. | ||||