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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#m1)

2) (science) Immature means not fully grown or developed yet, like an immature bird or fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#x1)
- Stop being so immature and say sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#x2)
- Immature gulls have brown feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#x3)
- Immature fruit is hard and sour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#x4)
- The tadpoles are immature frogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#x5)
- He was too immature to look after a puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «immature» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immature/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.