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   immature

   /ˌɪməˈtjʊə/

   adjective

   • 1. not fully developed: "many of the fish caught are immature" Similar unripenot ripenot maturenot maturedunmellowedundevelopedunformedimperfectunfinishedincompletecruderawgreenOpposite ripemature
   • ▪ having or showing an emotional or intellectual development appropriate to someone younger: "his immature sense of humour" Similar childishbabyishinfantilejuvenilepuerilejejunecallowgreeninexperiencedunsophisticatedunworldlynaiveingenuousinformal:wet behind the earsborn yesterdayOpposite mature

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘premature’, referring to death): from Latin immaturus ‘untimely, unripe’, from in- ‘not’ + maturus ‘ripe’ (see mature).

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   • 1. immaturely adverb

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   Where do immatures come from?

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   What does immaturity mean?

   • But the prefix "im" of the word immaturity means something positive, not a mere void or lack. It is noteworthy that the terms "capacity" and "potentiality" have a double meaning, one sense being negative, the other positive. Capacity may denote mere receptivity, like the capacity of a quart measure.

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   What does immature mean in a sentence?

   • The judgment is often immature and the life principles unsettled. The female, also sexually immature, responds coquettishly to these advances of the male. Immature definition: not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.. See examples of IMMATURE used in a sentence.

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   What is an immature person?

   • So an immature person is typically clumsy and somewhat uncontrolled because they don't know how they come across, and don't know what to do to get the outcome they desire. They may act irrationally and impulsively because they've done very little thinking about how to act for best effect.

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   How to use immature in a sentence. exhibiting less than an expected degree of maturity; lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development… See the full definition

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   Immature means not behaving or developing as expected for your age, or not having much experience of something. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to pronounce it in different languages.

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   immature: 1 adj not yet mature Synonyms: adolescent in the state of development between puberty and maturity embryologic , embryonal , embryonic of an organism prior to birth or hatching inchoative beginning to develop larval immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding ...

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    Immature means not fully grown or developed, or lacking normal maturity. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of the word immature in different contexts and languages.