immature

im·ma·ture

I0046600 (ĭm′ə-tyo͝or′, -cho͝or′, -to͝or′)adj.1. Not fully grown or developed: an immature plant.2. Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity: silly, immature behavior. See Synonyms at young.n. An immature animal; a juvenile.

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[Latin immātūrus : in-, not; see in-¹ + mātūrus, mature; see mā- in Indo-European roots.]

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im′ma·ture′ly adv.im′ma·tur′i·ty, im′ma·ture′ness n.

immature

(ˌɪməˈtjʊə; -ˈtʃʊə) adj1. not fully grown or developed2. deficient in maturity; lacking wisdom, insight, emotional stability, etc3. (Physical Geography) geography a less common term for youthful⁴ ˌimmaˈturity, ˌimmaˈtureness n ˌimmaˈturely adv

im•ma•ture

(ˈɪm əˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, -ˈtʃɜr)

adj. 1. not mature or ripe. 2. emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish. 3. youthful (def. 4). 4. Archaic. premature. [1540–50; < Latin immātūrus unripe. See im-², mature] im`ma•ture′ly, adv. im`ma•ture′ness, n.

immature

- Comes from Latin words meaning "not ripe."See also related terms for ripe.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
	2.	immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"younganimate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entityimmature - not yet maturenew - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
	3.	immature - not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"unripe, unripened, green
	4.	immature - not yet maturepremature - born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant"young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
	5.	immature - (of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"unfledged

immature

adjective1. young, adolescent, undeveloped, green, raw, premature, unfinished, imperfect, untimely, unripe, unformed, unseasonable, unfledged The birds were in immature plumage.2. childish, juvenile, infantile, puerile, callow, babyish, wet behind the ears (informal), jejune You're just being childish and immature.
developed, adult, mature, ripe, mellow, fully-fledged

immature

adjective1. Being in an early period of growth or development:green, infant, juvenile, young, youthful.2. Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity:babyish, childish, infantile, juvenile, puerile.

Translations

不成熟未成年的未成熟的

immature

(iməˈtjuə) adjective1. childish and behaving like someone much younger. 未成年的 未成年的2. not fully grown or fully developed; not ripe. 不成熟的 未成熟的ˌimmaˈturity noun 未成年，不成熟 未成年，未成熟

immature

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