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immaturity

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im⋅ma⋅tu⋅ri⋅ty

  [im-uh-choor-i-tee, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. a state or condition of being immature: the immaturity of one's behavior; the immaturity of a country's technology.
2. an immature action or attitude.
Origin:
1530–40; immature + -ity, prob. reflecting L immātūritās untimely haste, unripeness
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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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