immature
/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/
immature adjective: occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
Adjective
immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)
- Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
- And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDLXXXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
- Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
- Childish in behavior; juvenile.
- You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
- The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.
Noun
immature (plural immatures)
- An immature member of a species.
- There are many genera and even families of Brachypylina for which immatures are not yet known, and thus numerous examples of adult convergence and misclassification remain to be revealed: such is the case with Hypozetes.2001, DE Walter, H Proctor, RA Norton, Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress, →ISBN, page 51
- While on a walk the next morning I found what looked like a patch of old growth habitat - perhaps somewhere the fires had missed - and to my astonishment saw a female Red-lored Whistler accompanied by an immature.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 240
immature meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
immature in Hindi
- immature, ignorant
- नाज़ुक nāzuk
- immature, juvenile, puerile, tawdry
- छिछोरा chichorā
- immature, undeveloped, uneducated
- अधकचरा adhkacrā
immature in Tamil
- childish
- குழந்தைத்தனமான kuḻantaittaṉamāṉa
immature in Marathi
- अपरिपक्व
immature in Urdu
- کچا, خام, نابالغ, ناپخت, ناتجربہ کار
More languagesFewer languages
- immature in Bengali
- অপরিণত, কাঁচা, অপরিণতবুদ্ধি সম্পন্ন
- immature in Telugu
- అపరిపక్వమైన, అపరిపక్వమైనది, అపరిపక్వమైనవి
- immature in Malayalam
- അപക്വമായ, മൂക്കാത്ത, അപരിണിയമായ, പഴുക്കാത്ത
- immature in Kannada
- ಎಳಸು, ಬಲಿತಿಲ್ಲದ, ಮುಗಿಸದ, ಅಪಕ್ವ
- immature in Punjabi
- ਨਿਆਣਾ niāṇā, بچہ baccah
- immature in Gujarati
- અપરિપક્વ
- immature in Odia
- ଅପରିପକ୍ୱ, ଅପରିପକ୍ଵ, ଅପରିପକ୍ୱ |
- immature in Assamese
- কুমলীয়া kumolia, আপঁইতা apõita
- immature in Nepali
- अपरिपक्व
- immature in Tagalog
- isip-bata
- immature in Indonesian
- kekanak-kanakan
- immature in Thai
- ไร้วุฒิภาวะ
Examples of immature in a sentence
- Unlike the cortex, which has mostly immature T cells, or thymocytes, the paracortex has a mixture of immature and mature T cells.
- We then systematically study hypocrite commits, including identifying immature vulnerabilities and potential vulnerability-introducing minor patches.
- All these Johnny-come-latelies typically come out as irreverent, vulgar or immature and childlike.
Synonyms of immature
Forms of immature
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more immature |
| superlative | most immature |
| Noun | |
| plural | immatures |
Origin of immature
From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”).
Words formed from immature
Words that rhyme with immature
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about immature
- What does immature mean?
- Immature means occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
- What is immature in Hindi?
- Immature in Hindi is नाज़ुक (nāzuk), छिछोरा (chichorā), अधकचरा (adhkacrā). See Immature meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is immature?
- Immature can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce immature?
- Immature is pronounced /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/.
Words near immature in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: immature (page history and authors); अधकचरा (Hindi) (page history and authors); immature (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immature (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Immature (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immature (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immature (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); immature (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بچہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); immature (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immature (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immature (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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