different between immature vs piddling
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)
- (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 […] .
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:
- Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
- Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
- Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
- 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)
- An immature member of a species.
Related terms
- mature
- immaturity
French
Adjective
immature (plural immatures)
- immature, unripe
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
immature
- inflection of immatur:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
immature
- feminine plural of immaturo
Anagrams
- ammutire
Latin
Adjective
imm?t?re
- 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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piddling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?d?l??/
Adjective
piddling (not comparable)
- Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
- After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
Translations
Verb
piddling
- present participle of piddle
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