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English Dictionary: immature by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immature
adj
  1. characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"
    Antonym(s): mature
  2. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
    Synonym(s): young, immature
    Antonym(s): old
  3. not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"
    Synonym(s): green, unripe, unripened, immature
    Antonym(s): mature, ripe
  4. not yet mature
    Antonym(s): mature
  5. (of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"
    Synonym(s): unfledged, immature
    Antonym(s): fledged, mature
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. [bd]An ill-measured
            and immature counsel.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.
            [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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