immaturity

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Recent Examples of immaturity The diagnosis provided a framework that explained years of behavior that family members had struggled to understand and had simply attributed to immaturity. Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 However this levity continues to jar with Niki’s immaturity, in that scene and beyond; even so, her juvenile lack of perspective is dramatically compelling. Elena Lazic, Variety, 11 July 2026 But errors induced by pressure and by the immaturity of new combinations prevented the All Blacks ever taking full control. ABC News, 4 July 2026 But this commenter reframes a mother’s need for rest, connection and autonomy as immaturity. Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 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. 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. David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 June 2026 As the team gets older and gains experience, the immaturity label won’t be a valid excuse. Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaturity
Noun
  • Most parents can expect at least some developmental pushback in the toddler years or early adolescence.
    Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 25 July 2026
  • The Culture Wars—which used to refer very specifically to the time my book covers, the 1980s and 1990s—that’s my adolescence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Of course, as Fiedler demonstrates with such aplomb, juvenility need not yield aesthetic failure.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Senate seats to watch Both parties are hoping to pick up additional seats in the Senate, where the Republican majority sits at 53, over the 45 Democrats and two independents who tend to caucus with the minority.
    Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • Fan Out Diabetes pairs minority LaPorte County congregations with Franciscan’s Community Health Improvement program and community organizations, a release said.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • Many predicted this sort of mission-creep when VAR was in its infancy, and those warnings have proven well-founded.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • While the technology is still in its infancy, the ultimate goal is to bridge the gap between machinery and biology.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026

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“Immaturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaturity. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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