unmatured
61unversed — Synonyms and related words: a novice at, a stranger to, awkward, blankminded, callow, dumb, empty, empty headed, fresh, gauche, green, green as grass, groping, ignorant, immature, inane, inexperienced, innocent, know nothing, naive, nescient, new …
62premature — a. 1. Precocious, too forward, too soon ripe. 2. Unseasonable, too early, untimely, precipitate, hasty, ill considered, sooner than intended, sooner than due, unmatured …
63abortive — fruitless, vain, *futile, bootless Analogous words: *immature, unmatured, unripe: unformed (see FORMLESS): ineffectual, *ineffective, inefficacious: unfortunate, unlucky (see affirmative adjectives at LUCKY) Antonyms: consummated Contrasted words …
64crude — *rude, rough, uncouth, raw, callow, green Analogous words: primitive, primeval (see PRIMARY): *immature, unmatured: *coarse, vulgar, gross Antonyms: consummate, finished Contrasted words: cultivated, refined, cultured (see corresponding nouns at… …
65immature — immature, unmatured, unripe, unmellow mean not fully developed. Except for this denial of full development, the terms agree in implications and connotations with the affirmative adjectives mature, matured, ripe, mellow discriminated at MATURE.… …
66juvenile — *youthful, puerile, boyish, virgin, virginal, maiden Analogous words: immature, unmatured: callow, green, crude (see RUDE) Antonyms: adult: senile Contrasted words: *mature, matured, grown up …
67latent — latent, dormant, quiescent, potential, abeyant are comparable when meaning not now manifest or not evincing signs of existence or activity. Latent implies concealment and is applied to what is present without showing itself {latent energy} {a… …
68matured — *mature, ripe, mellow, adult, grown up Analogous words: completed, finished (see CLOSE vb): *deliberate, considered, advised, designed, studied, premeditated Antonyms: unmatured: premature Contrasted words: crude, green, callow, uncouth, *rude,… …
69precocious — untimely, forward, *premature, advanced Analogous words: immature, unmatured, unripe Antonyms: backward …
70premature — premature, untimely, forward, advanced, precocious are comparable though rarely interchangeable when they mean unduly early in coming, happening, or developing. Premature applies usually to something which takes place before its due or proper… …
