Definition of Tenderfoot

a raw and unsophisticated newcomer

Examples of Tenderfoot in a sentence

With his unkempt appearance, the tenderfoot was not aware that he should have dressed up for his first day of work.  🔊

The young tenderfoot did not know that politics is dirty and his sweet speech about his opponents was different than their mud-slinging explanations.  🔊

When the tenderfoot’s first week of being a firefighter was finished, he never realized how many mistakes he had made.  🔊

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