Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not fully formed or developed; not grown.

    unreif

    неспе́лыйnespélyj, незре́лыйnezrélyj

    not fully developed or mature; not ripe

  2. 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.

    unreif, kindisch

    незре́лыйnezrélyj

  3. (archaic)Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).

Examples

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  1. Tom is immature.

    Том незрілий.

    deTom ist unreif.

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  2. I think you've been very immature.

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  3. I think that Tom is immature.

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  4. Tom is too immature to do that.

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  5. Tom is very immature for his age.

    deTom ist für sein Alter sehr unreif.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
not fully formed:
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By meaning 2
not fully formed:
childish:

Origin

From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe,

From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”).

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Forms

more immature, most immature
Comparativemore immature Lesson
Superlativemost immature Lesson

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of birds) not yet having developed feathers:unfledged
  • (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth:young
  • not fully developed or mature; not ripe:greenunripeunripened

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

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