| ADJECTIVE | all | immature | characteristic of a lack of maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | immature, young | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth | |
| all | immature, green, unripe, unripened | not fully developed or mature | |
| all | immature | not yet mature | |
| all | immature, unfledged | (of birds) not yet having developed feathers |
| Sounds | ih.mahtyuh'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | allure ... Ur: 39 rhymes with uhr... | |
| Meaning | characteristic of a lack of maturity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "immature behavior" | |
| Narrower | adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile | Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| babyish | characteristic of a baby | |
| childish, infantile | Indicating a lack of maturity | |
| Opposite | mature | characteristic of maturity |
| Spanish | infantil, inmaduro | |
| Catalan | inmadur | |
| Nouns | immaturity, immatureness | not having reached maturity |
| Adverbs | immaturely | in an immature manner |
| Meaning | not fully developed or mature; not ripe. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | green, unripe, unripened | |
| Narrower | unaged | not subjected to an aging process |
| Opposite | ripe, mature | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used |
| Spanish | crudo, inmaduro, inmaturo, verde | |
| Catalan | immadur, immatur, verd | |
| Nouns | immaturity, immatureness | not having reached maturity |
| Meaning | not yet mature. | |
|---|---|---|
| Attribute of | age | How long something has existed |
| maturity, matureness | state of being mature / mature | |
| Narrower | adolescent | In the state of development between puberty and maturity |
| embryonic, embryologic, embryonal | Of an organism prior to birth or hatching | |
| inchoative, inceptive | Beginning to develop | |
| larval | Immature of its kind | |
| prepubescent, prepubertal | (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty | |
| prepupal | Of an inactive stage / stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages | |
| pubescent | (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature | |
| pupal | Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage / stage | |
| underdeveloped | not yet fully developed | |
| See also | premature | born after a gestation period of less than the normal time |
| young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth | |
| Opposite | mature | Having reached full natural growth or development |
| Spanish | inmaduro | |
| Catalan | immadur | |
| Nouns | immaturity, immatureness | not having reached maturity |
| Meaning | (of birds) not yet having developed feathers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | unfledged | |
| Narrower | unfeathered | not having feathers |
| Opposite | fledged, mature | (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage |
| Spanish | joven | |
| Catalan | jove | |
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