Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an immature manner; unripely; prematurely; crudely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an immature manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Giving an appearance of
immaturity . - adverb Without maturity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an immature manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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To suggest that she should be vilified because the district decided to act so immaturely is inane.
Think Progress » Mississippi school district cancels prom after same-sex couple planned to attend. 2010
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Not so easy to behave immaturely when everyone knows your name, is it wilson? the Repugs have hit an all-time low, this after all the hijinks over the summer.
Wilson apologizes: 'I let my emotions get the best of me' 2009
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I understand that most of you immaturely post here to vent your frustration with your little lives.
Axelrod slams Romney 2009
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I think Hoffman made it immaturely personal and the real point was lost.
When writers attack! Roger Sutton 2009
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The more anxious we are, the more immaturely we behave, because our anxiety triggers our fight-or-flight response more often in our marriages.
David Code: Top 3 Myths of Parenting and Marriage (PHOTOS) 2010
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The more anxious we are, the more immaturely we behave, because our anxiety triggers our fight-or-flight response more often in our marriages.
David Code: Top 3 Myths of Parenting and Marriage (PHOTOS) David Code 2010
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That is because as long as you are still reactively, immaturely and hatefully living in the same house, that situation alone can bring out the narcissistic and borderline tendencies that lay within people who are not those personalities through and through.
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Cecil, with an immaturely regal gesture, tossed aside his robe, took a good look at the crowd, rushed out on the springboard and leaped blindly into space.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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That is because as long as you are still reactively, immaturely and hatefully living in the same house, that situation alone can bring out the narcissistic and borderline tendencies that lay within people who are not those personalities through and through.
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Some progressives have acted as immaturely about all this as the Republicans have and it's just as tiresome coming from the left.
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