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immature - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'immature' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Immature [ a.]
- Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.
- Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.

Meaning of 'immature' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . immature [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (of birds) not yet having developed feathers
Example in sentence:
  • a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill
Meaning (2):
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
Example in sentence:
  • fried green tomatoes;
  • green wood;
  • unripe fruit
Meaning (3):
- characteristic of a lack of maturity
Example in sentence:
  • immature behavior
Meaning (4):
- (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Example in sentence:
  • young people