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SYLLABICATION: | im·ma·ture |
PRONUNCIATION: | m-tyr, -tr, -chr |
ADJECTIVE: | 1. Not fully grown or developed. See synonyms at young. 2. Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity: silly, immature behavior. | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin immtrus : in-, not; see in1 + mtrus, mature; see m-1 in Appendix I. | OTHER FORMS: | imma·turely ADVERB imma·turi·ty, imma·tureness NOUN
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