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| 1. | not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc. |
| 2. | emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish. |
| 3. | Physical Geography. youthful (def. 5). |
| 4. | Archaic. premature. |
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adj.
[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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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 |
| immature | |
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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
immature1 [iməˈtjuə] adjective
childish and behaving like someone much younger
immature2 [iməˈtjuə] adjective
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not fully grown or fully developed; not ripe
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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