[
US
/ˌpɹiməˈtʃʊɹ/
]
[ UK /pɹɪmətʃˈɔː/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪmətʃˈɔː/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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too soon or too hasty
our condemnation of him was a bit previous
a premature judgment -
uncommonly early or before the expected time
alcohol brought him to an untimely end
illness led to his premature death -
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
a premature infant
How To Use premature In A Sentence
- There have been many histories of Jerusalem, from Jeremiah's sixth century B.C. monody to "For Jerusalem," a premature happy ending written in the 1970s by a successful mayor, Teddy Kollek. City of Peace—and War
- It was a brave gamble, a bid for power, by an ambitious, clever and canny politician who saw his career facing a premature end.
- At worst the disinfectant is prematurely exhausted, an effect known as organic overload, allowing large numbers of micro-organisms to survive.
- Umbilical hernias occur more often in premature infants and those of African American descent.
- I remind you that my staff and I considered this indi'vidual's release and return premature. The False Mirror
- Occasionally, the author appears to overreach his material to draw premature conclusions.
- The mildest critics argued that they were premature and that a decent interval should have been allowed before the struggle to analyse and understand began.
- It is early evening, but the sky is prematurely dark; thunderheads have blocked the last rays of the sun.
- The criticism was unfair, or at least premature. Times, Sunday Times
- A premature grab for a safe Westminster seat would be seen as naked opportunism. The Sun
