immature
adjectives
characteristic of a lack of maturity
"immature behavior"
is similar to
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
"adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
"young people"
is derived from
not fully developed or mature; not ripe
"unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"
is derived from
is derived from
not yet mature
is similar to
in the state of development between puberty and maturity
"adolescent boys and girls"
is similar to
of an organism prior to birth or hatching
"in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"
is similar to
immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage
"larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage"
is similar to
(especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
is similar to
of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages
"the prepupal stage"
is similar to
(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
"the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"
see also
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
"young people"
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