immature

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) === Adjective === immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature) (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.] Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.] Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.] Synonyms: infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === immature (plural immatures) An immature member of a species. ==== Related terms ==== mature immaturity == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin immātūrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ma.tyʁ/ === Adjective === immature (plural immatures) immature, unripe === References === “immature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === immature inflection of immatur: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /im.maˈtu.re/ Rhymes: -ure Hyphenation: im‧ma‧tù‧re === Adjective === immature feminine plural of immaturo === Anagrams === ammutire == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.maːˈtuː.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.maˈtuː.re] === Adjective === immātūre vocative masculine singular of immātūrus === References === “immature”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “immature”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.