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- pronunciation:
- I
m
chur
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
not yet fully developed or mature; juvenile.
The disease is more common in immature animals than in adults.The immature apples are hard and sour.- synonyms:
- callow, childish, green, juvenile, tender, undeveloped, unripe, young
- antonyms:
- adult, mature, ripe
- similar words:
- abortive, adolescent, embryonic, incomplete, infantile, puerile, raw, rudimentary, scrub
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definition 2: |
lacking the wisdom, discretion, or intellectual development expected of an adult; childish.
Breaking the window was an accident, but it was immature of him not to apologize for what he'd done.- synonyms:
- childish, infantile, juvenile, puerile
- antonyms:
- mature
- similar words:
- adolescent, callow, green, jejune, naive, unsophisticated, young, youthful
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related words: |
baby, childish, dependent, little, primitive |
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derivations: |
immaturely (adv.), immaturity (n.) |
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