Definition of imature
1. immature [ a ] characteristic of a lack of maturity
Examples:
"immature behavior"
(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)
She is even prone to regard the college_girl as immature .
(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)
And just as `` Laurie '' Lawrence was first attracted to bright Jo_March , who found him immature by her high standards , and_then had to content himself with her younger sister Amy , so Joe_Jastrow , who had also been writing Henrietta before he came to Johns_Hopkins , had_to content himself with her younger sister , pretty Rachel .
Synonyms immature Related Terms mature childish callow babyish adolescent2. immature [ a ] lacking in development
Examples:
"immature plans"
"an unformed character"
(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)
Probably the most important thing to focus_on is not the development of conscience , which may well be almost beyond the reach of literature , but the contents of conscience , the code which is imparted to the developed or immature conscience available .
Synonyms immature unformed Related Terms undeveloped3. immature [ a ] not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
Examples: "unripe fruit"
"fried green tomatoes"
"green wood"
4. immature [ a ] not yet mature
Synonyms immature Related Terms mature pubescent larval prepubescent prepupal pupal embryonic underdeveloped adolescent unformed embryologic formative young premature age maturity5. immature [ a ] (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Examples:
"young people"
6. immature [ a ] (of birds) not yet having developed feathers
Examples:
"a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"
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