Definition:
silly or childish especially in a way that shows a lack of seriousness or good judgment
The teachers told the teenagers that such puerile behavior would not be tolerated during the ceremony.
Since my son is thirty-three years of age, I do not find his puerile behavior amusing.
Your jokes are puerile and not appropriate for a woman of your years.
If you behave in a puerile manner during a job interview, the interviewer will think you are very childish.
The fireman was scolded for playing puerile pranks on his coworkers.
When Elaine got drunk and started to crawl around on the floor, she showed everyone how puerile she was.
The young comedian’s puerile jokes did not go over well with the mature audience.
Because my father takes everything very seriously, he has little patience for puerile humor.
My teenage daughter was upset when her puerile conduct got her sent to the little kids’ table at dinner.
Although Bill is normally known for coming up with great ideas, his latest proposal is puerile and borders on being ridiculous.
Jason’s puerile method of getting my attention was by painting his name on the side of my house.
Bob acted in a very puerile fashion, when he was interrupting the teacher and distracting the other children.
I watched two grown men engaging in a rather puerile fashion, it was funny to watch!
Though he consideres himself that he is very intelligent but his behaviour is puerile.
The rather touching concern from the other participants took the form of a string of predictably puerile jokes.
I also enjoyed his sense of humour, which, from close up, turned out to be refreshingly puerile.
Her talents are totally wasted here, as the script never does anything with this character, save for making her entirely one-dimensional and puerile.
Professor Porter deigned to make no response to this puerile inquiry.
This attempt to divert the conversation was too puerile, and Mrs. Honeychurch resented it.
And your conduct, I have to say, borders on being petulant and puerile.
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