immature
not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.
Physical Geography. youthful (def. 5).
Archaic. premature.
Origin of immature
1Other words for immature
Other words from immature
- im·ma·ture·ly, adverb
- im·ma·ture·ness, noun
Words Nearby immature
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How to use immature in a sentence
When I was younger, my friends and I used to make short films with camcorders—inappropriate, gross, immature, violent films.
Adrian Grenier Talks the Economy, the ‘Entourage’ Movie, and the HBO Series’ Alleged ‘Misogyny’ | Marlow Stern | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor a time he had a crush on a girl in our class who thought he was an immature goofball.
Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve's Epic Friendship and the Greatest Williams Story Ever Told | Marlow Stern | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn ways large and small, devious and immature, ingenious and inspiring, she struggled to escape.
Boland is an immature kid with a lean, unsmiling face, ice-blue eyes, and wavy blond hair.
One Red Rose for the Green Kid Who Won the Kentucky Derby | Red Smith | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe claims he was “awkward, shy and emotionally immature” in high school.
The primary quills had not been moulted, and are quite those of the immature bird, with no white tip whatever.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil SmithIf, on the contrary, the harvest is not good, the immature leaves are left to grow.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.This is a bad plan, as young and immature mares breed early on the veldt, and throw weedy stock.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) | A. G. HalesThe judgment is often immature and the life principles unsettled.
Colleges in America | John Marshall BarkerThe female, also sexually immature, responds coquettishly to these advances of the male.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert Moll
British Dictionary definitions for immature
/ (ˌɪməˈtjʊə, -ˈtʃʊə) /
not fully grown or developed
deficient in maturity; lacking wisdom, insight, emotional stability, etc
geography a less common term for youthful (def. 4)
Derived forms of immature
- immaturity or immatureness, noun
- immaturely, adverb
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