immaturity

noun

Definition of immaturitynext
as in adolescence

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  1. adolescence
  2. minority
  3. infancy
Noun
  • My research focuses on how muscle develops from childhood to adolescence, with the goal of understanding how young people can get the most benefit out of exercise training programs, particularly strength training programs.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • When his adolescence caught up with him in the runup to the his 15th-place trough performance in the Kentucky Derby, trainer Pletcher smartly provided him with a layoff to re-assemble his mind, or more accurately, to let his mind catch up to the many signals his body — in growth — was sending him.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of adolescence
Noun
  • The answer is that immigrants and minorities, particularly working-class ones, are unhappy with the economy and much else.
    Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Safe Spaces are locations not seen as a threat or a challenge to minorities.
    Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of minority
Noun
  • The format foreshadows reality TV—a genre then its infancy.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Exposure to sugar in infancy and toddlerhood may lead children to develop a taste for—or addiction to—sugar that persists into later life, the scientists wrote.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of infancy
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