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immature
/ -ˈtʃʊə, ˌɪməˈtjʊə /
adjective
not fully grown or developed
deficient in maturity; lacking wisdom, insight, emotional stability, etc
geography a less common term for youthful
Other Word Forms
- immaturely adverb
- immatureness noun
- ˌˈٳܰٲ noun
- ˌˈٳܰ adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"People see young women as weak and immature but we will grow up - and then the world will change again."
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.
"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.
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.
He said Mayatelo was an "extremely immature" man who had came to appreciate the seriousness off his actions.
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