immaturity

[im-uh-choor-i-tee, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-]

noun

plural

immaturities 

1. a state or condition of being immature.

   the immaturity of one's behavior; the immaturity of a country's technology.

2. an immature action or attitude.

Word History and Origins

Origin of immaturity¹

1530–40; immature + -ity, probably reflecting Latin immātūritās untimely haste, unripeness

Related Words

• ignorance