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im·ma·ture

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–adjective

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

2.	emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.

3.	Physical Geography. youthful (def. 5).

4.	Archaic. premature.

[Origin: 1540–50; < L immātūrus unripe, hence, untimely. See im-², mature

]

—Related forms

im·ma·ture·ly, adverb

im·ma·ture·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. callow, puerile, babyish.

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im·ma·ture Audio Help (ĭm'ə-tyŏŏr', -tŏŏr', -chŏŏr') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Not fully grown or developed. See Synonyms at young.
Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity: silly, immature behavior.

[Latin immātūrus : in-, not; see in-¹ + mātūrus, mature; see mā-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

im'ma·ture'ly adv., im'ma·tur'i·ty, im'ma·ture'ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
immature

1548, "untimely, premature," from L. immaturus "untimely, unripe," from in- "not" + maturus (see mature). In 16c., usually in ref. to death; modern sense of "not fully developed" first recorded 1641.

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immature
adjective
1.	characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior" [ant: mature]
2.	(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" [syn: young] [ant: old]
3.	not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green] [ant: mature]
4.	not yet mature [ant: mature]
5.	(of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" [syn: unfledged] [ant: fledged]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
immature1 [iməˈtjuə] adjective

childish and behaving like someone much younger

Arabic:	غَيْر ناضِج
Chinese (Simplified):	未成年的
Chinese (Traditional):	未成年的
Czech:	nedospělý
Danish:	umoden
Dutch:	onvolwassen
Estonian:	ebaküps
Finnish:	epäkypsä
French:	qui manque de maturité
German:	unreif
Greek:	ανώριμος, παιδιάστικος
Hungarian:	éretlen
Icelandic:	óþroskaður; barnalegur
Indonesian:	kekanak-kanakan
Italian:	immaturo

Japanese:	子供っぽい
Korean:	미숙한
Latvian:	nenobriedis
Lithuanian:	nesubrendæs
Norwegian:	umoden, barnslig
Polish:	niedojrzały
Portuguese (Brazil):	imaturo
Portuguese (Portugal):	imaturo
Romanian:	imatur
Russian:	незрелый
Slovak:	nedospelý
Slovenian:	nezrel
Spanish:	inmaduro
Swedish:	omogen
Turkish:	olgunlaşmamış, çocuksu

immature2 [iməˈtjuə] adjective

not fully grown or fully developed; not ripe

Arabic:	فَج
Chinese (Simplified):	未成熟的
Chinese (Traditional):	未成熟的
Czech:	nezralý
Danish:	umoden; ikke helt udviklet
Dutch:	onvolgroeid, onrijp
Estonian:	ebaküps
Finnish:	epäkypsä
French:	vert, jeune
German:	unreif
Greek:	άγουρος
Hungarian:	fejletlen
Icelandic:	óþroskaður
Indonesian:	masih hijau
Italian:	non maturo*, acerbo

Japanese:	未熟な
Korean:	미완성의
Latvian:	negatavs
Lithuanian:	nesubrendæs
Norwegian:	ikke fullt utviklet, umoden
Polish:	niedojrzały
Portuguese (Brazil):	incompleto, verde
Portuguese (Portugal):	verde
Romanian:	crud, tânăr
Russian:	незрелый
Slovak:	nezrelý
Slovenian:	nezrel
Spanish:	verde
Swedish:	omogen
Turkish:	olgun olmayan, ham

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Immature

Im`ma*ture"\, a. [L. immaturus; pref. im- not + maturus mature, ripe. See Mature.]

1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." --Bacon.

2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.

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