immature

«immature» in Mova's school dictionary: behaving in a silly, childish way, not as sensible as you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (immature, more immature, most immature)

meaning for a pupil

1) Immature means behaving in a silly, childish way, not as sensible as you should be for your age. tree →

2) (science) Immature means not fully grown or developed yet, like an immature bird or fruit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is often a criticism: «Stop being so immature!». In science lessons it describes young animals, plants or cells that are not yet adult or ripe. In stories it shows a character who needs to grow up. Opposite: mature. Phrases: «immature behaviour», «emotionally immature».

examples

• It's immature to laugh when someone falls over. tree →
• Stop being so immature and say sorry. tree →
• Immature gulls have brown feathers. tree →
• Immature fruit is hard and sour. tree →
• The tadpoles are immature frogs. tree →
• He was too immature to look after a puppy. tree →

note

Adjective; noun: immaturity. Prefix «im-» (not) + «mature», so double m. Calling someone immature is a criticism. For children, being playful is normal — immature means acting younger than expected in a situation.

In the corpora

• im- is used before many words starting with m or p: impossible, immature, impatient.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «immature» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.