Immature

/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/ · adjective

Meaning

(now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
3. Childish in behavior; juvenile.
4. An immature member of a species.

Example Sentences

And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].

You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.

The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.

Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

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.

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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• more immature
• most immature
• immatures

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