IMMATURITY

immaturity, immatureness

(noun) not having reached maturity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

immaturity (countable and uncountable, plural immaturities)

Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

Antonyms

• maturity

Source: Wiktionary


Im`ma*tu"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. immaturitas: cf. F. immaturité.]

Definition: The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 November 2024

AWRY

(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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