Immature — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

characteristic of a lack of maturity

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɪmətʃˈʊɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɪmətʃˈʊə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɪmətʃˈʊə/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌɪmətʃˈʊɹ/.

Examples

immature behavior
young people
unripe fruit

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unfledged green unripe young unripened

Antonyms

mature fledged old ripe

Parts of Speech

adjective	characteristic of a lack of maturity “immature behavior”
adjective	(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth “young people”
adjective	not fully developed or mature; not ripe “unripe fruit”
adjective	not yet mature
adjective	(of birds) not yet having developed feathers “a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill”

Word Forms

immatureness	noun	not having reached maturity
immaturity	noun	not having reached maturity
young	noun	young people collectively
youngness	noun	the opposite of oldness
greenness	noun	the state of not being ripe

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unreif

charakteristisch für einen Mangel an Reife

🇪🇸Spanish

inmaduro

característica de la falta de madurez

🇮🇹Italian

immaturo

caratteristica di una mancanza di maturità

🇳🇱Dutch

onvolwassen

kenmerkend voor een gebrek aan volwassenheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

imaturo

característica de falta de maturidade

🇷🇺Russian

незрелый

Характеристика незрелости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अपरिपक्व

परिपक्वता की कमी की विशेषता

🇧🇩Bengali

অপরিপক্ক

পরিপক্কতার অভাবের বৈশিষ্ট্য

🇮🇳Tamil

முதிர்ச்சியற்ற

முதிர்ச்சியின்மையின் சிறப்பியல்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

పరిపక్వత లేని

పరిపక్వత లేకపోవడం యొక్క లక్షణం

🇮🇳Marathi

अपरिपक्व

परिपक्वतेच्या अभावाचे वैशिष्ट्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપરિપક્વ

પરિપક્વતાના અભાવની લાક્ષણિકતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪಕ್ವ

ಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧತೆಯ ಕೊರತೆಯ ಲಕ್ಷಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പക്വതയില്ലാത്ത

പക്വതയുടെ അഭാവത്തിൻ്റെ സവിശേഷത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਪਣੱਤ

ਪਰਿਪੱਕਤਾ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਦੀ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نادان

پختگی کی کمی کی خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不成熟的

缺乏成熟的特征

🇯🇵Japanese

未熟

成熟度の欠如の特徴

🇰🇷Korean

미성숙한

성숙하지 못한 특징

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chưa trưởng thành

đặc điểm của sự thiếu trưởng thành

🇹🇭Thai

ยังไม่บรรลุนิติภาวะ

ลักษณะของการขาดวุฒิภาวะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

belum dewasa

ciri dari kurangnya kedewasaan

🇵🇭Filipino

wala pa sa gulang

katangian ng kawalan ng kapanahunan

🇲🇾Malay

tidak matang

ciri kurangnya kematangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير ناضج

سمة من سمات عدم النضج

🇮🇷Persian

نابالغ

مشخصه عدم بلوغ

🇹🇷Turkish

olgunlaşmamış

olgunluk eksikliğinin özelliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא מְפוּתָח

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