How to pronounce green

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What green means

adjective

Most people know green in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

New at something and lacking experience

In a sentence: The new lifeguard was still green, so an older guard showed him how things worked.

Where it comes from: It is the same word as the color, from Old English. Like fruit that is still green and not ripe, a green worker is not quite ready yet.

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