immature

im·ma·ture

 (ĭm′ə-tyo͝or′, -cho͝or′, -to͝or′)

adj.

1. Not fully grown or developed: an immature plant.

2. Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity: silly, immature behavior. See Synonyms at young.

n.

An immature animal; a juvenile.

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[Latin immātūrus : in-, not; see in-¹ + mātūrus, mature; see mā- in Indo-European roots.]

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im′ma·ture′ly adv.

im′ma·tur′i·ty, im′ma·ture′ness n.

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immature

(ˌɪməˈtjʊə; -ˈtʃʊə)

adj

1. not fully grown or developed

2. deficient in maturity; lacking wisdom, insight, emotional stability, etc

3. (Physical Geography) geography a less common term for youthful⁴

ˌimmaˈturity, ˌimmaˈtureness n

ˌimmaˈturely adv

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im•ma•ture

(ˈɪm əˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, -ˈtʃɜr)

adj.

1. not mature or ripe.

2. emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.

3. youthful (def. 4).

4. Archaic. premature.

[1540–50; < Latin immātūrus unripe. See im-², mature]

im`ma•ture′ly, adv.

im`ma•ture′ness, n.

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immature

- Comes from Latin words meaning "not ripe."

See also related terms for ripe.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior" mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
	2.	immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" young animate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity immature - not yet mature new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
	3.	immature - not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" unripe, unripened, green
	4.	immature - not yet mature premature - born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
	5.	immature - (of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" unfledged

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immature

adjective

1. young, adolescent, undeveloped, green, raw, premature, unfinished, imperfect, untimely, unripe, unformed, unseasonable, unfledged The birds were in immature plumage.

2. childish, juvenile, infantile, puerile, callow, babyish, wet behind the ears (informal), jejune You're just being childish and immature.
developed, adult, mature, ripe, mellow, fully-fledged

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immature

adjective

1. Being in an early period of growth or development:

green, infant, juvenile, young, youthful.

2. Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity:

babyish, childish, infantile, juvenile, puerile.

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Translations

غَيْرُ نَاضِجٍغَيْر ناضِجفَج

nezralýnedospělý

umodenikke helt udviklet

unreif

ανώριμοςάγουρος

inmaduro

epäkypsä

immatureprématurévert

nerazvijen

fejletlen

óòroskaîuróòroskaîur; barnalegur

immaturoimmaturit...

未成熟の

미숙한

nesubrendęsnesubrendimas

negatavsnenobriedis

onvolwassen

ikke fullt utvikletumoden

niedojrzały

imaturo

незрелый

nezrelý

omogen

ยังเยาว์วัย

çocuksugelişmemişhamolgun olmayanolgunlaşmamış

non nớt

不成熟未成年的未成熟的

immature

[ˌɪməˈtjʊəʳ] ADJ

1. (= childish) [person, attitude] → inmaduro

2. (= half-grown) [tree, plant] → joven; [fruit] → verde, inmaduro

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immature

[ˌɪməˈtjʊə^r] adj

(physically, not fully developed) → immature

(= childish) → immature

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

immature

adj (lit, fig) → unreif; plans, ideas etc also → unausgegoren; wine → nicht ausreichend gelagert; don’t be so immature → sei nicht so kindisch!

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

immature

[ˌɪməˈtjʊəʳ] adj → immaturo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

immature

(iməˈtjuə) adjective

1. childish and behaving like someone much younger. onvolwasse غَيْر ناضِج незрял imaturo nedospělý unreif umoden ανώριμος, παιδιάστικοςinmaduro ebaküps بچه گانه kypsymätön qui manque de maturité לֹא בּוֹגֵר बचकाना nezreo éretlen kekanak-kanakan óþroskaður; barnalegur immaturo 子供っぽい 미숙한, 유치한 nesubrendæs nenobriedis kebudak-budakan onvolwassenumoden, barnsligniedojrzały تر طبيعى وخت دمخه پيدا شوى اوم ، نيمګړى، نامكمل imaturo imatur незрелый nedospelý nezrel nezreo omogen ที่เป็นเด็ก; ที่ไม่เป็นผู้ใหญ่ olgunlaşmamış, çocuksu 未成年的 юний; інфантильний نا پختہ như trẻ con 未成年的

2. not fully grown or fully developed; not ripe. onvolgroeid فَج недозрял verde nezralý unreif umoden; ikke helt udviklet άγουροςverde ebaküps نرسیده؛ نابالغ epäkypsä vert, jeune לֹא בָּשֵׁל अपरिपक्व nerazvijen fejletlen masih hijau óþroskaður non maturo, acerbo 未熟な 미성년의 nesubrendæs negatavs belum masak onvolgroeid, onrijpikke fullt utviklet, umodenniedojrzały بچی verde crud, tânăr незрелый nezrelý nezrel zelen omogen ที่ยังไม่โตเต็มที่; ที่ยังไม่สุก olgun olmayan, ham 不成熟的 незрілий, нестиглий خام chưa chín chắn 未成熟的

ˌimmaˈturity noun

onvolwassenheid عَدَم نُضوج незрялост imaturidade nezralost die Unreife umodenhed ανωριμότηταinmadurez ebaküpsus نارسی؛ نابالغی kypsymättömyys immaturité חוֹסֶר בַּשלוּת अपरिपक्वता nezrelost éretlenség sifat kekanak-kanakan vanþroski immaturità 未熟 미숙 nesubrendimas brieduma trūkums belum matang onvolwassenheid, onrijpheidumodenhet niedojrzałość بچی imaturidade imaturitate незрелость nezrelosť nezrelost nezrelost omogenhet ความไม่เป็นผู้ใหญ่ toyluk, hamlık 未成年，不成熟 незрілість ناپختگی sự non nớt 未成年，未成熟

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immature

→ غَيْرُ نَاضِجٍ nezralý umoden unreif ανώριμος inmaduro epäkypsä immature nerazvijen immaturo 未成熟の 미숙한 onvolwassen umoden niedojrzały imaturo незрелый omogen ยังเยาว์วัย gelişmemiş non nớt 不成熟

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im·ma·ture

a. inmaturo-a, inmaduro-a; prematuro-a; sin madurez.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

immature

adj inmaduro

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