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im⋅ma⋅ture

  [im-uh-choor, -toor, -tyoor, -chur]
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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   (ĭm'ə-tyŏŏr', -tŏŏr', -chŏŏr')   
adj.  

  1. Not fully grown or developed. See Synonyms at young.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: im·ma·ture
Pronunciation: "im-&-'t(y)u(&)r also -'chu(&)r
Function: adjective
: lacking complete growth,differentiation, or development <immature blood cells> immature> —im·ma·ture·ly adverb —im·ma·tu·ri·ty /-'t(y)ur-&t-E also -'chur-/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

immature im·ma·ture (ĭm'ə-ty&oobreve;r', -t&oobreve;r', -ch&oobreve;r')
adj.
Not fully grown or developed.

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