immature
adjectifnomattesté dans les dialogues
- //ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)//
- //ɪməˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)//
- //ɪməˈt͡ʃə(ɹ)//
Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
adjectif
- 1
archaïqueOccurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].
- 2
Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
- 3
Childish in behavior; juvenile.
You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.
Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
Étymologie
From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”).
nom
- 1
An immature member of a species.
There are many genera and even families of Brachypylina for which immatures are not yet known, and thus numerous examples of adult convergence and misclassification remain to be revealed: such is the case with Hypozetes.
While on a walk the next morning I found what looked like a patch of old growth habitat - perhaps somewhere the fires had missed - and to my astonishment saw a female Red-lored Whistler accompanied by an immature.
Formes
- pluriel
- immatures
- comparatif
- more immature
- superlatif
- most immature
immature · Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
immediate · Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.immediately · In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.immense · Huge, gigantic, very large.