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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

immaturus

; pref.

im-

not +

maturus

mature, ripe. See

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished;

as,

immature

fruit;

immature

character;

immature

plans.

“An ill-measured and immature counsel.”

Bacon.

Premature; untimely; too early;

as, an immature death

[R.]

Jer. Taylor.

Adj.

[L. immaturus; in and maturus.]

Not mature or ripe; unripe; that has not arrived to a perfect state; applied to fruit.

Not perfect; not brought to a complete state; as immature plans or counsels.

Hasty; too early; that comes before the natural time.

[In this sense, premature is generally used.]