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How to use immaturity in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Immaturity means youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown. Example: “His constant joking showed his immaturity.”

Examples of immaturity by meaning

nounYouth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown.

  • stage of immaturity
  • His constant joking showed his immaturity.
  • The plant’s immaturity made it sensitive to frost.

More sentences with immaturity

  • Those can be signs of emotional immaturity, said Casas, a plastic surgeon in Chicago, Illinois.2010 May 4, Madison Park, “Teen's daintier new nose carries bigger regret”, in CNN. From the entry rhinoplasty
  • The hair was young, but the style was mature, and there was no hint of immaturity in the body.1982, Liza Cody, chapter 3, in Bad Company, New York: Scribner, page 21. From the entry coltishness
  • The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education. From the entry trait
  • Until recently, and even now, both-handedness (ambidextrousness) has been mentioned as a cause of reading difficulties rather than seen as an indicator of immaturity.2012, Sally Smith, No Easy Answer: The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School, →ISBN. From the entry both-handedness
  • She was disappointed with the Law School social milieu, describing it as “a very high-schooly atmosphere” characterized by competition, cliquishness, and emotional immaturity.2006, Carrie Yang Costello, Professional Identity Crisis: Race, Class, Gender, and Success at Professional Schools, page 6. From the entry schooly
  • It is as arrestive of emotional progress as the opposite practice of uncontrolled indulgence, which is a symptom, not a cause, of emotional immaturity.1973, Hugh Downs, chapter 11, in Potential: The Way to Emotional Maturity, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 188. From the entry arrestive
  • The safeguard against the crudity of action of immaturity that might be feared from such conditions, lies in the example of the facultised expression of the more mature.2000, Nicholas Deakin, Origins of the Welfare State: The Peckham Experiment, page 222. From the entry facultise
  • Let me tell you two stories, the first illustrating the spasmodicness of most Christians—marking their immaturity—and the second showing how a child of God may attain unto great things.1947 May, William Ward Ayer, “The Marks of a Mature Christian”, in Marked Men: A Study of the Well-Defined Characteristics of Biblical Men…. From the entry spasmodicness

Meaning of immaturity

  1. noun Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown.

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Questions about immaturity in a sentence

How do you use immaturity in a sentence?
Immaturity is used as a noun. For example: “His constant joking showed his immaturity.”
What is a short sentence with immaturity?
“stage of immaturity”
What does immaturity mean?
Immaturity means youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown.

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