Definitions for immature

immature im·ma·ture

Spelling: [im-uh-choo r, -t<
IPA: /ˈɪm əˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, -ˈtʃɜr/

Immature is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 255 anagrams from letters in immature (aeimmrtu).

Definitions for immature

adjective

  1. not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
  2. emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.
  3. Physical Geography. youthful (def 5).
  4. Archaic. premature.

Origin of immature

First recorded in 1540-50, immature is from the Latin word immātūrus unripe, hence, untimely. See im-2, ma

Examples for immature

That is abortive that is untimely, that has not been borne its full time, that is immature.

When I was younger, my friends and I used to make short films with camcorders—inappropriate, gross, immature, violent films.

Pistil: the part of the blossom that contains the immature seeds.

Larva (plural larvæ): the young or immature form of an insect.

Boland is an immature kid with a lean, unsmiling face, ice-blue eyes, and wavy blond hair.

For a time he had a crush on a girl in our class who thought he was an immature goofball.

Americans are terrified of death, and often demonstrate an immature refusal to accept it.

In general it may be observed, that those kinds of fish which are well grown, nourish better than the young and immature.

In ways large and small, devious and immature, ingenious and inspiring, she struggled to escape.

And none but calves the most immature can possibly sympathize with him.

Word Value for immature
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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