Hypertext Webster Gateway: "immature"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Immature \Im`ma*ture"\, a. [L. immaturus; pref. im- not +
maturus mature, ripe. See {Mature}.]
1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full
development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit;
immature character; immature plans. ``An ill-measured and
immature counsel.'' --Bacon.

2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.
[R.] --Jer. Taylor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

immature
adj 1: characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"
[ant: {mature}]
2: lacking in development; "immature plans"; "an unformed
character" [syn: {unformed}]
3: (used of living things especially persons) in an early
period of life or development or growth; "young people"
[syn: {young}] [ant: {old}]
4: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit";
"fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: {green}, {unripe},
{unripened}] [ant: {ripe}]
5: not yet mature [ant: {mature}]
6: (of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small
unfledged sparrow on the window sill" [syn: {unfledged}]
[ant: {fledged}]


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