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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. characteristic of a lack of maturity;
- Example: "immature behavior"

2. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;
- Example: "young people"
[syn: young, immature]

3. not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
- Example: "unripe fruit"
- Example: "fried green tomatoes"
- Example: "green wood"
[syn: green, unripe, unripened, immature]

4. not yet mature;

5. (of birds) not yet having developed feathers;
- Example: "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"
[syn: unfledged, immature]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.
      [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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