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IMMATURE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of birds) not yet having developed feathers
Example:
a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unfeathered (not having feathers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not yet mature
Classified under:
Similar:
adolescent (in the state of development between puberty and maturity)
embryologic; embryonal; embryonic (of an organism prior to birth or hatching)
inceptive; inchoative (initial)
larval (immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage)
prepubertal; prepubescent ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)
prepupal (of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages)
pubescent ((of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature)
pupal (of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage)
underdeveloped (not yet fully developed)
Also:
premature (born after a gestation period of less than the normal time)
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Attribute:
age (how long something has existed)
matureness; maturity (state of being mature; full development)
Antonym:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Derivation:
immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characteristic of a lack of maturity
Example:
immature behavior
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
childish; infantile (indicating a lack of maturity)
babyish (characteristic of a baby)
adolescent; jejune; juvenile; puerile (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity)
Antonym:
mature (characteristic of maturity)
Derivation:
immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not fully developed or mature; not ripe
Example:
green wood
Synonyms:
green; immature; unripe; unripened
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unaged (not subjected to an aging process)
Derivation:
immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Example:
young people
Synonyms:
immature; young
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
puppyish; puppylike (characteristic of a puppy)
preadolescent; preteen (of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12)
newborn (recently born)
little; small ((of children and animals) young, immature)
junior (including or intended for youthful persons)
girlish; schoolgirlish (befitting or characteristic of a young girl)
early (very young)
childlike; childly (befitting a young child)
boyish; boylike; schoolboyish (befitting or characteristic of a young boy)
infantile (being or befitting or characteristic of an infant)
adolescent; teen; teenage; teenaged (being of the age 13 through 19)
five-year-old (five years of age)
four-year-old (four years of age)
three-year-old (three years of age)
two-year-old (two years of age)
one-year-old (one year of age)
tender (young and immature)
youngish (somewhat young)
vernal; young; youthful (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh)
Also:
junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
immature (not yet mature)
Attribute:
age (how long something has existed)
Domain category:
animate thing; living thing (a living (or once living) entity)
Derivation:
immatureness (not having reached maturity)
Context examples:
Immature teratomas are composed of immature, fetal type-tissues.
(Ovarian Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A mature or immature teratoma that arises from the pancreas.
(Pancreatic Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An immature (progenitor) cell circulating in the peripheral blood.
(Peripheral Blood Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
In vertebrates, immature oocytes are arrested at the PI (prophase of meiosis I).
(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Cell Differentiation Inhibition involves interference or restraint of progressive and normally irreversible processes whereby restriction of the developmental potential of immature precursor cells results in increasing specialization of cell function and morphology.
(Negative Regulation of Cell Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
Cancer that arises in immature nerve cells and affects mostly infants and children.
(Neuroblastoma, NCI Dictionary)
A measurement of the nucleated erythrocytes (large, immature nucleated erythrocytes) in a biological specimen.
(Nucleated Red Blood Cell Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A cancer vaccine consisting of autologous, mature monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) transfected with oncofetal antigen immature laminin receptor protein (OFA-iLRP) RNA, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Autologous OFA-iLRP RNA-Transfected Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
It contains immature cells, called stem cells.
(Bone Marrow Diseases, NIH)
A hematopoietic growth factor with activity on mature and immature hematopoietic progenitor cells.
(Ancestim, NCI Thesaurus)
