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His prematureness brought to the world a sharp, discouraging realization of the difficulties still to be faced in the Reparations Problem�ratification of the experts' finding by the countries involved.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the visit to which after leaving the Manor he had betaken himself, he had been recalled to London with peremptory prematureness by a telegram.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

As for herself, she merely complained of a prematureness and crudity best unanalyzed.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

What I meant was less to call in question Chatterton's genius, than to object to the common mode of estimating its magnitude by its prematureness.

From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Waller, Alfred Rayney

During the first few days of life, little Kazu was apparently normal, except for his prematureness and a rather great weight for a seven-month infant.

From The Image and the Likeness by Campbell, John Scott