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immature

English

Etymology

From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unr?pe (unripe, immature).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m??tj??(?)/, /?m??t???(?)/, /?m??t??(?)/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)

  1. (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.]
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:
      And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death [] .
  2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
  3. Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
    • Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.

Synonyms

  • (childish in behavior): infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish

Translations

Noun

immature (plural immatures)

  1. An immature member of a species.

Related terms

  • mature
  • immaturity

French

Adjective

immature (plural immatures)

  1. immature, unripe

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

immature

  1. inflection of immatur:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

immature

  1. feminine plural of immaturo

Anagrams

  • ammutire

Latin

Adjective

imm?t?re

  1. vocative masculine singular of imm?t?rus

References

  • immature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • immature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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harebrained

English

Alternative forms

  • harebrain
  • hare-brained

Etymology

hare +? brained

Adjective

harebrained (comparative more harebrained, superlative most harebrained)

  1. (of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.
    • 2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin (?ISBN)
      “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.
  2. (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained.

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