as in adolescence
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Recent Examples of immaturity
Allen compared the immaturity to how his youngest daughter, 17-year-old Elizabeth, used to act whenever there was a romantic scene in a movie.
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Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
It’s been a long 3½ years for Gio Reyna, whose promising career has been derailed by a string of injuries, bouts of immaturity and an aborted loan deal to England’s Nottingham Forest.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2026
His impulsivity, his immaturity, his lack of curiosity about anything going on around him.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
As the team gets older and gains experience, the immaturity label won’t be a valid excuse.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
And his immaturity showed up Wednesday night for all the world to witness.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
The show also acknowledges that Percy’s pattern of emotional immaturity played a role in what happened between her, Sam and Charlie.
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Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
These two teams have the worst disciplinary records in the Premier League — neither of them aggressive in any positive sense, but both lacking composure and prone to immaturity and recklessness when the pressure is on.
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Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Some immaturity of two long runs in the playoffs.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
It’s been a long 3½ years for Gio Reyna, whose promising career has been derailed by a string of injuries, bouts of immaturity and an aborted loan deal to England’s Nottingham Forest.
—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2026
His impulsivity, his immaturity, his lack of curiosity about anything going on around him.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
As the team gets older and gains experience, the immaturity label won’t be a valid excuse.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
And his immaturity showed up Wednesday night for all the world to witness.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
The show also acknowledges that Percy’s pattern of emotional immaturity played a role in what happened between her, Sam and Charlie.
—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
These two teams have the worst disciplinary records in the Premier League — neither of them aggressive in any positive sense, but both lacking composure and prone to immaturity and recklessness when the pressure is on.
—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Some immaturity of two long runs in the playoffs.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaturity
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Like the real lives of American teens, the show made the everyday problems of high school and teen relationships feel like life and death, giving a gravitas to adolescence desperately needed.
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The World Health Organization’s definition of adolescence from 10-19 years of age is not a categorization routinely used for surgical decision-making.
Noun
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Of course, as Fiedler demonstrates with such aplomb, juvenility need not yield aesthetic failure.
Noun
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The country is also home to several minority groups that have clashed with regime forces in the past, including Kurdish militants, Arab and Baloch separatists, among others.
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Anything tragic that happened to minorities was inevitable and necessary.
Noun
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The Blossom Hill location is Action Day’s 14th campus, joining a child development hub that serves roughly 3,000 students ranging in age from infancy through eighth grade.
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Streaming numbers are in their relative infancy and TV ratings are now dissected with multiplatform caveats.
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“Immaturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaturity. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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