One weak and puerile (or puellile; or anile) articles^([sic]) does a journal more harm than two good articles can neutralize.
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Puellile
//p(j)uːˈɛlaɪl//
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[The tale] would be too puellile—may we coin a word?—for strictures, had not the writer challenged them by her introduction.
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Of pass-times puellile.
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Andrew Carnegie has found “the prettiest girl in the world” in Pittsburgh. Never having sojourned in North Carolina, Uncle Andy has no conception of what puellile loveliness can be.
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