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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

immaturité

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ima-ty-ree-tay

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Immaturity/ˌɪm.əˈtʃʊə.rə.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Son immaturité était évidente dans ses réactions."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being immature; lack of full development or growth.

    "His immaturity was evident in his inability to handle criticism."
  2. 2

    A lack of emotional or intellectual maturity.

    "Her immaturity in dealing with complex situations often led to misunderstandings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word 'immaturité', originating from the Latin 'immaturitas', based on 'immaturus' meaning untimely or unripe (from 'in-' meaning not + 'maturus' meaning ripe). Over centuries, the term evolved from agricultural contexts describing unripe fruit to psychological and behavioral contexts describing underdeveloped emotional or intellectual traits.

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