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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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. immaturely adverb

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