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[ adjective ] characteristic of a lack of maturity
Examples "immature behavior" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)She is even prone to regard the college_girl as immature . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)And just as `` Laurie '' Lawrence was first attracted to bright Jo_March , who found him immature by her high standards , and_then had to content himself with her younger sister Amy , so Joe_Jastrow , who had also been writing Henrietta before he came to Johns_Hopkins , had_to content himself with her younger sister , pretty Rachel . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] lacking in development
Synonyms Examples "immature plans" "an unformed character" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Probably the most important thing to focus_on is not the development of conscience , which may well be almost beyond the reach of literature , but the contents of conscience , the code which is imparted to the developed or immature conscience available . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not yet mature
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[ adjective ] (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Synonyms Examples "young people" |
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[ adjective ] (of birds) not yet having developed feathers
Synonyms Examples "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" Related terms |
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