immature

immature
adjective Etymology: Latin immaturus, from in- + maturus mature Date: 1548 1. archaic premature 2. a. lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development <
immature fruits
>
<
a sexually immature bird
>
b. having the potential capacity to attain a definitive form or state ; crude, unfinished <
a vigorous but immature school of art
>
c. exhibiting less than an expected degree of maturity <
emotionally immature adults
>
immature nounimmaturely adverbimmaturity noun

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  • immature — [ imatyr ] adj. • 1504 « prématuré »; lat. immaturus; repris 1897, angl. immature → mature 1 ♦ Sc. Qui n a pas atteint la maturité, n est pas à l âge où il peut se reproduire. Des poissons immatures. 2 ♦ Cour. Qui manque de maturité… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Immature — Im ma*ture , a. [L. immaturus; pref. im not + maturus mature, ripe. See {Mature}.] 1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. An ill measured… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • immature — I adjective callow, crude, green, gullible, ignorant, inexperienced, jejune, juvenile, naive, puerile, raw, rudimental, rudimentary, undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unmellowed, unprepared, unripe, unseasoned, unsophisticated, young …   Law dictionary

  • immature — (adj.) 1540s, untimely, premature, from L. immaturus untimely, unripe, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + maturus (see MATURE (Cf. mature) (v.)). In 16c., usually in reference to early death; modern sense of not …   Etymology dictionary

  • immature — immature, unmatured, unripe, unmellow mean not fully developed. Except for this denial of full development, the terms agree in implications and connotations with the affirmative adjectives mature, matured, ripe, mellow discriminated at MATURE.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • immature — [adj] young, inexperienced adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childish, crude, green*, half grown, imperfect, infantile, infantine, jejune, juvenile, kid, kidstuff*, premature, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender*, tenderfoot*, underdeveloped,… …   New thesaurus

  • immature — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not fully developed. 2) having or showing emotional or intellectual development appropriate to someone younger. DERIVATIVES immaturely adverb immaturity noun …   English terms dictionary

  • immature — [im΄ə toor′, im΄əchoor′, im΄ətyoor′] adj. [L immaturus] 1. not mature or ripe; not completely grown or developed 2. not finished or perfected; incomplete 3. lacking the emotional maturity, sense of responsibility, etc. characteristic of an adult… …   English World dictionary

  • immature — [[t]ɪ̱mətjʊ͟ə(r), AM t ʊr[/t]] 1) ADJ Something or someone that is immature is not yet completely grown or fully developed. The birds were in immature plumage... She is emotionally immature. Derived words: immaturity [[t]ɪ̱mətjʊ͟ərɪti, AM t ʊr… …   English dictionary

  • immature — adj. immature to + inf. (it was immature of her to do that) * * * [ˌɪmə tʃʊə] immature to + inf. (it was immature of her to do that) …   Combinatory dictionary

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