immature

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (unripe, immature).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Adjective

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immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)

  1. (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.]
  2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
  3. Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
    You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
    The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.
    Synonyms: infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish

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Noun

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immature (plural immatures)

  1. An immature member of a species.
    • 2001, DE Walter, H Proctor, RA Norton, Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress, →ISBN, page 51:
      There are many genera and even families of Brachypylina for which immatures are not yet known, and thus numerous examples of adult convergence and misclassification remain to be revealed: such is the case with Hypozetes.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 240:
      While on a walk the next morning I found what looked like a patch of old growth habitat - perhaps somewhere the fires had missed - and to my astonishment saw a female Red-lored Whistler accompanied by an immature.
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin immātūrus.

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Adjective

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immature (plural immatures)

  1. immature, unripe

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German

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immature

  1. inflection of immatur:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.maˈtu.re/
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: im‧ma‧tù‧re

Adjective

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immature

  1. feminine plural of immaturo

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Latin

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immātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of immātūrus

References

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  • immature”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • immature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.