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adjective
- 1. not fully developed: "many of the fish caught are immature" Similar Opposite
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IMMATURE definition: 1. not behaving in a way that is as calm and wise as people expect from someone of your age: 2…. Learn more.
1. a. : exhibiting less than an expected degree of maturity. emotionally immature adults. b. : lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development. immature fruits. a sexually immature bird. c. : having the potential capacity to attain a definitive form or state : crude, unfinished. a vigorous but immature school of art. 2. archaic : premature
Immature definition: not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.. See examples of IMMATURE used in a sentence.
When used in a general sense, immature describes something in an early stage of development, such as an immature fruit tree or an immature political system. When applied to people, however, immature is often used to describe someone who behaves in a childish way.
Something or someone that is immature is not yet completely grown or fully developed. The birds were in immature plumage. She is emotionally immature. Synonyms: young, adolescent, undeveloped, green More Synonyms of immature. immaturity (ɪmətjʊərɪti , US -tʊr- ) uncountable noun.
1. Not fully grown or developed: an immature plant. 2. Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity: silly, immature behavior. See Synonyms at young. n. An immature animal; a juvenile. [Latin immātūrus : in-, not; see in-1 + mātūrus, mature; see mā- in Indo-European roots .] im′ma·ture′ly adv. im′ma·tur′i·ty, im′ma·ture′ness n.
Definition of immature adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Filter. adjective. Not mature or ripe; not completely grown or developed. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity. Silly, immature behavior. American Heritage Medicine. Not finished or perfected; incomplete. Webster's New World.
immature meaning, definition, what is immature: someone who is immature behaves or think...: Learn more.
definition 2: lacking the wisdom, discretion, or intellectual development expected of an adult; childish. Breaking the window was an accident, but it was immature of him not to apologize for what he'd done.
