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[ im-uh-choor, -toor, -tyoor, -chur ] / ˈɪm əˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, -ˈtʃɜr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR immature ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc. emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish. Physical Geography. youthful (def. 5). Archaic. premature. Origin of immatureFirst recorded in 1540–50, immature is from the Latin word immātūrus unripe, hence, untimely. See im-2, mature SYNONYMS FOR immature2 callow, puerile, babyish. SEE SYNONYMS FOR immature ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM immatureim·ma·ture·ly, adverbim·ma·ture·ness, nounWords nearby immatureImmanuel, immaterial, immaterialism, immateriality, immaterialize, immature, immature cataract, immaturity, immeasurable, immediacy, immediate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for immatureWhen I was younger, my friends and I used to make short films with camcorders—inappropriate, gross, immature, violent films. Adrian Grenier Talks the Economy, the ‘Entourage’ Movie, and the HBO Series’ Alleged ‘Misogyny’|Marlow Stern|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST For a time he had a crush on a girl in our class who thought he was an immature goofball. Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve's Epic Friendship and the Greatest Williams Story Ever Told|Marlow Stern|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST In ways large and small, devious and immature, ingenious and inspiring, she struggled to escape. The Day the Fairytale Died|Marilyn Johnson|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Boland is an immature kid with a lean, unsmiling face, ice-blue eyes, and wavy blond hair. One Red Rose for the Green Kid Who Won the Kentucky Derby|Red Smith|May 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Americans are terrified of death, and often demonstrate an immature refusal to accept it. New Year’s Reading List: Books to Transform Your Sad Life|David Masciotra|January 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Immature: Resembles adult, but lighter and more rufous in color; wings and rump paler, wings edged with rufous buff. The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3|Rollin H. Baker Hes from a year to two years behind us, and he is the youngest and most immature in the party. The Last of the Flatboats|George Cary Eggleston This was an immature female, presumably metamorphosed late in the summer of 1948. Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog|Henry S. Fitch I admitted that I had felt that desire a year ago—when I was only seventeen and my mind was immature. May Iverson's Career|Elizabeth Jordan But only superficial and immature minds will attach much weight to questionings and reasonings of this kind.
British Dictionary definitions for immature
adjectivenot fully grown or developed deficient in maturity; lacking wisdom, insight, emotional stability, etc geography a less common term for youthful (def. 4) Derived forms of immatureimmaturity or immatureness, nounimmaturely, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to immaturechildish, premature, unripe, green, unfledged, adolescent, baby, callow, crude, imperfect, infantile, jejune, juvenile, kid, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender, tenderfoot, underdeveloped Medical definitions for immature
adj.Not fully grown or developed. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |