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immature (iou)



immature adjective. M16.
[Latin immaturus untimely, unripe, formed as IM-2 + maturus MATURE adjective.]
Of death: premature. M16-M19.
Not mature; not yet fully developed; unripe; lacking emotional or intellectual development. L16.
immature cataract Ophthalmology: markedly but not yet fully opaque, with the lens usu. swollen and its superficial layers largely transparent. immature soil Soil Science: not having a fully developed profile.
Anthony Huxley A 'June drop' of immature fruits. V. Woolf She was extremely immature, like a child still, attached to dolls, to old slippers.
immaturely adverb M17.