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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUnreife
Pronunciation / Transliteration: oon-rye-fuh
"Seine Unreife zeigte sich in seinem Verhalten."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being immature; lack of full development or growth.
"His immaturity was evident in his inability to handle criticism." - 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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Immaturity" is said worldwide
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immaturité
Transliteration: ima-ty-ree-tay
"Son immaturité était évidente dans ses réactions."
Unreife
Transliteration: oon-rye-fuh
"Seine Unreife zeigte sich in seinem Verhalten."
immaturità
Transliteration: ee-mah-too-ree-tah
"La sua immaturità era evidente nelle sue decisioni."
inmadurez
Transliteration: een-mah-doo-reth
"Su inmadurez se notaba en sus acciones."
imaturidade
Transliteration: ee-mah-too-ree-dah-jee
"A imaturidade dele era evidente em suas escolhas."
अपरिपक्वता
Transliteration: aparipakvata
"उसकी अपरिपक्वता उसके निर्णयों में स्पष्ट थी।"
不成熟
Transliteration: bù chéngshú
"他的不成熟在他的行为中显而易见。"
미성숙
Transliteration: mi-seong-suk
"그의 미성숙은 그의 결정에서 분명했다."
未熟
Transliteration: mijuku
"彼の未熟さは彼の行動に明らかだった。"
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