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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Immature  \Im`ma*ture"\,  a.  [L.  immaturus  pref.  im-  not  + 
  maturus  mature,  ripe.  See  {Mature}.] 
  1.  Not  mature;  unripe;  not  arrived  at  perfection  of  full 
  development;  crude;  unfinished;  as  immature  fruit; 
  immature  character;  immature  plans.  ``An  ill-measured  and 
  immature  counsel.''  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  Premature;  untimely;  too  early;  as  an  immature  death. 
  [R.]  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  immature 
  adj  1:  characteristic  of  a  lack  of  maturity;  "immature  behavior" 
  [ant:  {mature}] 
  2:  lacking  in  development;  "immature  plans";  "an  unformed 
  character"  [syn:  {unformed}] 
  3:  (used  of  living  things  especially  persons)  in  an  early 
  period  of  life  or  development  or  growth;  "young  people" 
  [syn:  {young}]  [ant:  {old}] 
  4:  not  fully  developed  or  mature;  "unripe  fruit";  "fried  green 
  tomatoes"  [syn:  {green},  {unripe},  {unripened}]  [ant:  {ripe}] 
  5:  not  yet  mature  [ant:  {mature}] 
  6:  (of  birds)  not  yet  having  developed  feathers;  "a  small 
  unfledged  sparrow  on  the  window  sill"  [syn:  {unfledged}] 
  [ant:  {fledged}] 




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