"immature" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immature.wav [Southern-England] Forms: immaturer [comparative], immaturest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂-|id=good}}, {{bor|en|frm|immature}} Middle French immature, {{m|en|unripe}} unripe, {{noncog|ang|unrīpe|t=unripe, immature}} Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”) Head templates: {{en-adj|immaturer}} immature (comparative immaturer, superlative immaturest)
  1. (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-immature-en-adj-LiEAGV9o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 11 6 10
  2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown. Translations (not fully formed): խակ (xak) (Armenian), কুমলীয়া (kumolia) (Assamese), আপঁইতা (apõita) (Assamese), qeyri-kamil (Azerbaijani), незрял (nezrjal) (Bulgarian), недоразвит (nedorazvit) (Bulgarian), immadur (Catalan), 不成熟的 (bù chéngshú de) (Chinese Mandarin), epäkypsä (Finnish), immature (French), vert (english: fruit) (French), unreif (German), ανώριμος (anórimos) (Greek), immaturo (Italian), acerbo (Italian), 未熟な (mijuku na) (Japanese), 미성숙하다 (miseongsuk-hada) (Korean), immātūrus (Latin), не́зрел (nézrel) (Macedonian), недо́раснат (nedórasnat) (Macedonian), anappee (Manx), neuappee (Manx), kānewha (Maori), pangore (Maori), waitau (Maori), kōpīpī (Maori), kopī (Maori), umoden (Norwegian Bokmål), umoden (Norwegian Nynorsk), umogen (Norwegian Nynorsk), unrīpe (Old English), niedojrzały [masculine] (Polish), imaturo (Portuguese), imatur (Romanian), неспе́лый (nespélyj) (Russian), незре́лый (nezrélyj) (Russian), nezrel (Slovene), inmaturo (Spanish), omogen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-immature-en-adj-hwctOSWQ Disambiguation of 'not fully formed': 18 80 2
  3. Childish in behavior; juvenile. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: infantile, milky, childish Translations (childish): խակ (xak) (Armenian), детински (detinski) (Bulgarian), immadur (Catalan), (nèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 不成熟的 (bù chéngshú de) (Chinese Mandarin), 幼小 (yòuxiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 幼稚 (yòuzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), nedospělý (Czech), nezralý (Czech), umoden (Danish), infantil (Danish), lapsellinen (Finnish), immature (French), unreif (German), kindisch (German), ανώριμος (anórimos) (Greek), άπλερος (ápleros) [masculine] (Greek), immaturo (Italian), infantile (Italian), 大人げない (otonagenai) (alt: おとなげない) (Japanese), 未熟 (mijuku) (alt: みじゅく) (Japanese), 유치하다 (yuchi-hada) (Korean), де́тински (détinski) (Macedonian), де́тинест (détinest) (Macedonian), pangore (Maori), umoden (Norwegian Bokmål), umoden (Norwegian Nynorsk), umogen (Norwegian Nynorsk), unrīpe (Old English), niedojrzały (Polish), imaturo (Portuguese), infantil (Portuguese), imatur (Romanian), незре́лый (nezrélyj) (Russian), zèivu (Sassarese), nezrel (Slovene), inmaduro (Spanish), omogen (Swedish), குழந்தைத்தனமான (kuḻantaittaṉamāṉa) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-immature-en-adj-1G9NPAgx Disambiguation of Personality: 12 6 50 32 Disambiguation of 'childish': 6 1 93

Noun

IPA: /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immature.wav [Southern-England] Forms: immatures [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂-|id=good}}, {{bor|en|frm|immature}} Middle French immature, {{m|en|unripe}} unripe, {{noncog|ang|unrīpe|t=unripe, immature}} Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} immature (plural immatures)
  1. An immature member of a species. Related terms: mature, immaturity
    Sense id: en-immature-en-noun-r-TiBhaL

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bù chéngshú de",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "不成熟的"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "epäkypsä"
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          "english": "fruit",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anórimos",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "immaturo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "acerbo"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mijuku na",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "miseongsuk-hada",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "immātūrus"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nézrel",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "не́зрел"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nedórasnat",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "недо́раснат"
        },
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "anappee"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "kānewha"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "pangore"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "waitau"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "kōpīpī"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "kopī"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "unrīpe"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "word": "niedojrzały"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "imaturo"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "imatur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nespélyj",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "неспе́лый"
        },
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezrélyj",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "nezrel"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
          "word": "inmaturo"
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          "_dis1": "18 80 2",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not fully formed",
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          "text": "You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.",
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        {
          "text": "The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.\nThe mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.",
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        "Childish in behavior; juvenile."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "infantile"
        },
        {
          "word": "milky"
        },
        {
          "word": "childish"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
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          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xak",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "խակ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "detinski",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "детински"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "immadur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nèn",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "嫩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bù chéngshú de",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "不成熟的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yòuxiǎo",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "幼小"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yòuzhì",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "幼稚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "nedospělý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "nezralý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "umoden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "infantil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "lapsellinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "immature"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "unreif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "kindisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anórimos",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "ανώριμος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ápleros",
          "sense": "childish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "άπλερος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "immaturo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "infantile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "alt": "おとなげない",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otonagenai",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "大人げない"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "alt": "みじゅく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mijuku",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "未熟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yuchi-hada",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "유치하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "détinski",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "де́тински"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "détinest",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "де́тинест"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "pangore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "umoden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "umoden"
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          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "unrīpe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "niedojrzały"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "imaturo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "infantil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "imatur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezrélyj",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "незре́лый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "childish",
          "word": "zèivu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
          "code": "sl",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "immatures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "mature"
    },
    {
      "word": "immaturity"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2001, DE Walter, H Proctor, RA Norton, Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress, page 51",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 240",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "species"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "immature"
}

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