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immature

[im-uh-choor, -toor, -tyoor, -chur]

adjective

  1. not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.

  2. emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. Physical Geography.youthful.

  4. Archaic.premature.



immature

/ -ˈtʃʊə, ˌɪməˈtjʊə /

adjective

  1. not fully grown or developed

  2. deficient in maturity; lacking wisdom, insight, emotional stability, etc

  3. geography a less common term for youthful

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Other Word Forms

  • immaturely adverb
  • immatureness noun
  • ˌˈٳܰٲ noun
  • ˌˈٳܰ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of immature1

First recorded in 1540–50, immature is from the Latin word ūܲ unripe, hence, untimely. See im- 2, mature
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"People see young women as weak and immature but we will grow up - and then the world will change again."

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As a group, they’re immature, incompetent and naive, not without good qualities but prone to misunderstandings, mistakes and mishaps, which as characters in a sitcom they can scarcely fail to be.

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"I had to stop being selfish and immature to really understand what my parents went though in those last moments," Erik Menendez told the court.

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They worried that they overpaid for Williams, worried that he was too immature for their smart veteran system, and eventually that worry turned a bad physical exam into a deal killer.

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He said Mayatelo was an "extremely immature" man who had came to appreciate the seriousness off his actions.

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