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immature

/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/adjective3 syllables

Immature means: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth.

Synonyms for immature55

adjective, as in (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

young, one-year-old, two-year-old, three-year-old, four-year-old, five-year-old, adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged, infantile, boyish, boylike, schoolboyish
and 11 more, childlike, childly, early, girlish, schoolgirlish, junior, little, small, newborn, preteen, preadolescent

adjective, as in not yet mature

adolescent, embryonic, embryologic, embryonal, inchoative, inceptive, larval, prepubescent, prepubertal, prepupal, pubescent, pupal, underdeveloped, premature, young

adjective, as in characteristic of a lack of maturity

adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile, babyish, childish, infantile

adjective, as in not fully developed or mature; not ripe

green, unripe, unripened, unaged

adjective, as in (of birds) not yet having developed feathers

unfledged, unfeathered

also used for immature

milky, babish, bairnish, dootsie, hissy, lactifluous

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Opposites of immature

mature

What does immature mean?5

adjective

1

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth“young people”

2

not yet mature

3

characteristic of a lack of maturity“immature behavior”

4

not fully developed or mature; not ripe“unripe fruit”

5

(of birds) not yet having developed feathers“a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with immature?24

two syllables

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three syllables

prematurereassure
Show 40 near rhymes
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Immature in a sentence

  • He was so immature, he couldn't resist the temptation.Dottyeyes
  • Nowadays, it seems that teenagers remain immature much longer, which is tragic.Lepotdeterre
  • Recalling his own youth, he says teenagers are often immature hooligans.Cangarejo
  • I was young and immature at the time.Hybrid
  • The boys are that immature in the class.unknown
  • Ziri and Rima are acting like immature brats.Amastan
  • I want a man, not an immature asshole who hasn't figured out what he wants out of life.Mar1L
  • Layla was a single-minded, uneducated girl and she probably was too immature to be a mother.OsoHombre

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