immaturity

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/ɪməˈt͡ʃʊɹɪti/

noun

Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

“childish immaturity”

Similar
immatureness
Opposite
maturity
OriginLatin immaturitas →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounimmaturity (countable and uncountable, plural immaturities)

plural immaturities

  1. countableuncountableYouth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

    childish immaturity

    4 more examples

    emotional immaturity

    stage of immaturity

    His constant joking showed his immaturity.

    The plant’s immaturity made it sensitive to frost.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
maturity

nounnot having reached maturity

Similar
immatureness
Opposite
maturity
Broader
state
Also see
bathosimmatureness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinimmaturitas
  2. Latinimmaturitas
  3. Englishimmaturity

Borrowed from Latin immātūritātem.

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Translations

Bulgarian незрялост
  • незрялост (nezrjalost)the state of being immature
Catalan immaduresa
  • immaduresathe state of being immature
Danish umodenhed
  • umodenhedthe state of being immature
Dutch onvolwassenheid
  • onvolwassenheidthe state of being immature
Estonian ebaküpsus
  • ebaküpsusthe state of being immature
Finnish kypsymättömyys, epäkypsyys
  • kypsymättömyysthe state of being immature
  • epäkypsyysthe state of being immature
  • keskenkasvuisuusthe state of being immature
  • lapsellisuusthe state of being immature
French immaturité
  • immaturitéthe state of being immature
German Unreife, Immaturität
  • Unreifethe state of being immature
  • Immaturitätthe state of being immature
Greek ανωριμότητα
  • ανωριμότητα (anorimótita)the state of being immature
Hungarian éretlenség
  • éretlenségthe state of being immature
Irish anabaíocht
  • anabaíochtthe state of being immature
Italian immaturità
  • immaturitàthe state of being immature
Norwegian Bokmål umodenhet
  • umodenhetthe state of being immature
Polish niedojrzałość
  • niedojrzałośćthe state of being immature
Portuguese imaturidade
  • imaturidadethe state of being immature
Romanian imaturitate
  • imaturitatethe state of being immature
Russian незре́лость
  • незре́лость (nezrélostʹ)the state of being immature
Spanish inmadurez
  • inmadurezthe state of being immature
Swedish omogenhet
  • omogenhetthe state of being immature
Ukrainian незрі́лість
  • незрі́лість (nezrílistʹ)the state of being immature
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immaturity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immaturity

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“immaturity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immaturity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immaturity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immaturity.

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