immaturedadj.
/ˌɪməˈtjʊəd/, /ˌɪməˈtʃʊəd/, /ˌɪməˈtjɔːd/, /ˌɪməˈtʃɔːd/, U.S. /ˌɪməˈtʊ(ə)rd/, /ˌɪməˈtʃʊ(ə)rd/, /ˌɪməˈtʃərd/ That has not matured; immature.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature > not matured or left immature
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1741 L. Jones Io! Triumphe! 12 The Secrets of designing Fate That lay in Embryo in the Womb of Time, All hush'd and immatur'd.
1792 J. Mackintosh Let. Rt. Hon. W. Pitt 13 These incendiary publications..provoking immatured and ill-concerted tumults.
1835 T. Chalmers Nat. Theol. I. ii. iii. 263 The immatured buddings of animal and vegetable formation.
1895 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 5 147 The still immatured philosopher failed to take into account the social necessities which control the life of men.
1920 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 57 437 Feeding experiments alone will determine the definite value of immatured hay when fed in conjunction with matured hay.
1949 A. B. Kuhn Shadow Third Cent. vi. 139 They were the perfected products of man matured, designed to be the evolutionary guides to man immatured.
2000 Functional Ecol. 14 125/1 Average seed:ovule ratio is calculated including immatured capsules.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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