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immature /ˌɪməˈtjʊə / /ˌɪməˈtjɔː/adjective1Not fully developed: many of the fish caught are immature...- The olives, having done pretty well last year, have shed all their immature fruit.
- In that eggplant does not experience a marked ripening stage like tomato and pepper, immature and mature fruit were compared.
- I discovered three of them eating the immature fruits in the tree's spreading crown.
Synonyms unripe, not ripe, not mature, not matured, unmellowed; undeveloped, unformed, imperfect, unfinished, incomplete; crude, raw, green 1.1Having or showing an emotional or intellectual development appropriate to someone younger: his immature sense of humour...- Then again I did ask for it I called someone an emotionally immature moron.
- Callie knew she was acting a little immature, but she didn't care.
- He is annoying and a bit immature for his age, but that's okay.
Synonyms childish, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile, jejune, callow, green, inexperienced, unsophisticated, unworldly, naive, ingenuous informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'premature', referring to death): from Latin immaturus 'untimely, unripe', from in- 'not' + maturus 'ripe' (see mature). Rhymes abjure, adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're |