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immature

im·ma·ture

UK/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/ US/ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/ fairly common

adjective

1.

characteristic of a lack of maturity

  • “immature behavior”
2.

lacking in development

  • “immature plans”
  • “an unformed character”
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3.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

  • “young people”
4.

not fully developed or mature; not ripe

  • “unripe fruit”
  • “fried green tomatoes”
  • “green wood”
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Similar
6.

(of birds) not yet having developed feathers

  • “a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • immature dependent

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