How to Use immature in a Sentence

immature

adjective
Definition of immaturenext
Synonyms for immaturenext
  • The flock included both adult and immature birds.
  • His teachers have complained about his immature behavior.
  • And the rest of the field is either injured or immature.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The choice to not join the cocktail party was pretty immature and irrational.
    — Arie Luyendyk Jr., PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Twenty years ago, Harrison had been branded as an immature high schooler with poor grades.
    — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • For the first time, researchers have plucked healthy but immature eggs from women and persuaded them to fully develop in the lab.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Majuni is an angry bear of a man whose public roar belies an immature, crybaby persona at home.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Here Tanizaki allows the immature Mizuno his shred of integrity.
    — Min Jin Lee, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The gist was that the president may be uninformed and immature, but Kelly was informed and mature.
    — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Sets are immature bulbs grown the previous year and offer the most limited cultivar choices.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The researchers dissected the strips of tissue and removed small clusters of cells called follicles that contain immature eggs.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The complication lies in the fact that the available technologies are often immature and reliant on emerging markets.
    — Nils Rokke, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Some talent evaluators perceive him as a slightly immature, laid-back player with questions surrounding his fire and toughness.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The law, which goes into effect July 1, allows adults to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, two mature and four immature plants.
    — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Juvenile justice advocates argued that the law would cause teenagers to be prosecuted as adults for behaviors that are typical for immature adolescents.
    — ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The law legalizes possession of up to 1 ounce of the drug, two mature plants and up to four immature plants by people 21 and older beginning on July 1.
    — Scott Malone, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The more immature the flower, the longer the plant should last.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Edamame Edamame is the name for immature soybeans still in the pod.
    — Lauren Manaker, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The torn look to the leaves may have to do with frost damage to yet immature leaves, not to a disease.
    — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2019
  • If present these are the immature stages of the hibiscus midge.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • Their immature lungs are not ready for life outside the womb.
    — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But, easy is also cheap and immature, and perhaps the whole thing is not that deep.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 26 June 2021
  • The good news about a surplus of jakes in the field is the immature birds are usually pretty easy for hunters to fool.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Dear Eric: This may be immature but there’s a snub that has bothered me for 70 years.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • All types of lice have three forms: Nits, which are lice eggs; nymphs, which are immature lice; and adult lice, which are fully-grown and about the size of a sesame seed.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The linebacking corps and defensive line were banged up and immature in 2021.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The same might apply for us immature 20- and 30-somethings.
    — Kitty Grady, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The more serious damage can come from the immature stages feeding on the lilacs’ roots.
    — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
  • But there's part of Tony that was deeply insecure and immature, frankly.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 July 2021
  • Rooney was naive and immature, but England had of course been cheated.
    — SI.com, 1 June 2018

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