immaturenessn.
/ˌɪməˈtjʊənəs/, /ˌɪməˈtʃʊənəs/, /ˌɪməˈtjɔːnəs/, /ˌɪməˈtʃɔːnəs/, U.S. /ˌɪməˈtʊrnəs/, /ˌɪməˈtʃʊrnəs/, /ˌɪməˈtʃərnəs/ The quality or condition of being immature; immaturity.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [noun] > unreadiness or immaturity
rawnessOE
unripenessa1500
crudeness1541
greenness1574
immaturity1593
indigestion1630
rudeness1645
immatureness1665
inchoateness1845
crudity1870
inchoacy1871
rudimentariness1885
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A3v The Immatureness of some of them would..make many think they come forth Unseasonably.
1696 J. Dennis Remarks Prince Arthur ii. iv. 108 The principal Characters of an Epick Poem..are not to vary their Manners at every turn, either from an immatureness in Years, or from a defect in Temper.
?1776 R. Reece Serm. 4 There must be no Immatureness of Judgment.
1829 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 15 205 Unexpected circumstances proved the immatureness of the undertaking.
1887 W. Aitken On Growth Recruit & Young Soldier (ed. 2) viii. 140 Any immatureness of the framework of the young soldier..will be sure to furnish sources of difficulty.
1911 W. E. Cooper Spiritual Sci. v. 92 The immatureness of ‘spiritual’ science.
1940 Jrnl. Mammol. 21 54 Here again is a condition due to immatureness,..and to illustrate this we have added a drawing..of the element from a young individual.
2009 H. Samuels Soul Sand Grains xxi. 186 Tom was able to get a sense of her sister's irresponsible immatureness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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