immature
adjective
not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
immaturely
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a word derived from
immature.
Example Sentences
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He was good at stroke-coaching, even if he was inept at organization, always hid his eyes behind sunglasses and behaved immaturely.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
Looking back, Markieff says he handled the situation immaturely.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2021
"It's another example of him acting immaturely when he doesn't get his way."
From US News ● Apr. 12, 2016
As the adults act immaturely, a lonely boy named Ira sits in a tent outside, musing about past and future calamity.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2012
She was a short woman, so slenderly, even narrowly built, as to appear overgrown, and she was a mature woman so immaturely shaped and featured as to appear hardly more than a child.
From The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt
