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Definition of imature

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1. immature [ a ] characteristic of a lack of maturity
Examples: "immature behavior"

Used in print:

(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 adolescent

2. immature [ a ] lacking in development
Examples: "immature plans" "an unformed character"

Used in print:

(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 undeveloped

3. immature [ a ] not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
Examples: "unripe fruit" "fried green tomatoes" "green wood"

Synonyms unripe unripened immature green Related Terms ripe unaged

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 maturity

5. immature [ a ] (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Examples: "young people"

Synonyms young immature Related Terms old life_form little youthful adolescent early girlish newborn boyish tender childlike youngish puppyish preadolescent formative baby junior new junior age

6. immature [ a ] (of birds) not yet having developed feathers
Examples: "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"

Synonyms immature unfledged Related Terms fledged unfeathered

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