immaturity
/ˌɪməˈtʃɔːrɪti/ /ˌɪməˈtʃʊərɪti/ /ˌɪməˈtjɔːrɪti/ /ˌɪməˈtjʊərɪti
/noun [mass noun]
1The state of being immature or not fully grown: the immaturity of the immune system in very young children makes them especially vulnerable...
- Humans, indeed most species, experience biological immaturity.
- However, Rogers may not be able to overcome his immaturity, which has been an issue in the past.
- This is due to immaturity of brainstem control of central respiratory drive.
Synonyms
unripeness, greenness, sourness;
newness, rawness, crudeness, crudity, imperfection, incompleteness, lack of completion, lack of development
childishness, babyishness, infantilism, juvenility, puerility, lack of experience, inexperience, unworldliness, naivety, ingenuousness
1.1Behaviour that is appropriate to someone younger: they were shocked by such immaturity in a grown man...
- The only thing that has held them back in recent years has been their own immaturity.
- I must not use my temperament as an excuse for immaturity or belligerence.
- I just don't see the joy of going around spreading your stupidity and immaturity.
Rhymes
- theta role
- the Tasman
- the Tatras
- the Temptation
- the Tempter
- the Theocracy
- the thick end of something
- the thin blue line
- the thin end of the wedge
- the three Es
- the Three Graces
- the three Rs
- the thrill of the chase
- the time of one's life
- the Times
- the tip of an (or the) iceberg
- the tip of the iceberg
- Thetis
- the top of the tree
- the Tower
- the Transvaal
- the Trek
- the Trinity
- the triple jump
- the Troubles