immature
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˌɪməˈtʃʊr/
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- His reaction to criticism was immature and childish.
- immature behavior
- immature children
Or you're just too immature to make a relationship work.
- Or you're just too immature to make a relationship work.
- And the cost is that we we stay immature and that we lose ourselves.
- All of that is immature manipulation BS.
- Or are they just really immature and selfish?
- So you are not going to react to her immature actions.
- Is he that emotionally immature that this is how he conducts peace talks?
- But as you can see, everybody, all parties involved were immature and childish.
- The third sign that he's too immature for you is that he is guided by his emotions.
- It's for the attention seeking and the immature fluff that it is.
Examples
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In other school districts, slow learners are promoted to first grade, while bright but immature children are retained.
Academic text (1999) -
I was homesick, emotionally immature, troubled by visions of a hidden universe.
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Jesus, dude, how immature can this guy be?
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I think that this James Charles is very immature, OK?
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But again, I was just an immature kid.
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We just get more immature when we're older.
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That is a very immature response.
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Why are you being so immature about all this?
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You're being really immature about this.
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I was immature, inexperienced, maybe a bit naive.
Synonyms
141
2.8
Acting like a child instead of like an adult
61
4.2
Acting in an immature or childish way
24
4.4
Showing immature or childish behavior
21
6.5
Acting like a young child in a silly or immature way
3
3.0
Acting or speaking like a baby and seeming childish
Acting like a child in a simple, not serious way
Antonyms
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immature comes from the parts im- 'not' and mature 'fully grown'. So when we call a person immature we mean their behavior or feelings are not fully developed and they may act childlike instead of like an adult.