[
UK
/ˌɪmətʃˈɔː/
]
[ US /ˌɪmətˈjʊɹ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmətˈjʊɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(of birds) not yet having developed feathers
a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill -
characteristic of a lack of maturity
immature behavior - not yet mature
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not fully developed or mature; not ripe
unripe fruit
green wood
fried green tomatoes -
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
young people
How To Use immature In A Sentence
- We berate those who cross the line and leave the immature and underdeveloped open to the physical abuse of contact and collision sports.
- His speech is immature, his vocabulary limited.
- There was nothing but mud-slinging, exaggerations, outright lies and immature namecalling.
- Because newborns have an immature immune system, 90 percent of infants infected perinatally progress to chronic infection.
- He had, so the court was told, taken up with a 'widgie-type' girl who had the 'unstable combination of an adult body and an immature mind'.
- Today we get another issue about a bug which could not detect a leap year (what immatureness by Microsoft). Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
- It would've been terribly immature, and she would've felt horrid about it later, however it would sure make her feel better at the moment.
- Reich 1974 placed the impulsive character, the neurotic character, and the psychopath between neurosis and psychosis and observed the ambivalence, hostile pregenital impulses, ego and superego deficits, immature defenses, and primitive narcissistic features of the impulsive personality. Clinical Work with Adolescents
- He thinks immature will be a big engine for growth. $11 billion has been invested in immature companies. Archive 2009-11-01
- In the skeletally immature patient, the placement of physeal and epiphyseal drill holes and the passage of tendon grafts through them raises biologic issues.
