as in adolescence
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Recent Examples of immaturity
This affair is just another example of Adam’s bewildering emotional immaturity.
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Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
According to psychotherapist Sarah Lee, an adult who struggles with basic routines like cooking and cleaning while their partner is away may be dealing with more than just immaturity.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Coach Billy Napier’s team blended play-calling staleness, horrendous clock management, defensive containment issues and overall immaturity.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Mature Operational Processes To Prevent Deployment Gaps Technical issues, such as a node failure that results in a catastrophic, systemwide outage, are the result of process immaturity.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
South said that while the rise of some of these roles could also be a symptom of our immaturity with AI rather than a direct need for this work, the C-suite will still have to take on new responsibilities in the AI age.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
According to psychotherapist Sarah Lee, an adult who struggles with basic routines like cooking and cleaning while their partner is away may be dealing with more than just immaturity.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Coach Billy Napier’s team blended play-calling staleness, horrendous clock management, defensive containment issues and overall immaturity.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Mature Operational Processes To Prevent Deployment Gaps Technical issues, such as a node failure that results in a catastrophic, systemwide outage, are the result of process immaturity.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
South said that while the rise of some of these roles could also be a symptom of our immaturity with AI rather than a direct need for this work, the C-suite will still have to take on new responsibilities in the AI age.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaturity
Noun
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The expansion of Fern's character, in particular should resonate with parents of children who are entering adolescence and starting to have different interests.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Equal parts hilarious and disturbing (puberty in a nutshell), Polinger melds body horror with a razor-sharp insight into the subconscious psyche of adolescence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Community feeling under attack Jews make up a small minority of the UK population, with just under 300,000 people living in England and Wales identifying as Jewish during the most recent census in 2021.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sprague was quick to point out that those bad actors were the extremely small minority, even if there’s still no place for it.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Although in its infancy, the experimental technique, described in a new study, could open possibilities for older women who have run out of eggs and also same-sex couples who want children genetically related to both partners.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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For the first time, scientists have created fertilizable human eggs from skin cells—an advance that the researchers say could pave the way for new infertility treatments, though the technology remains in its infancy.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Immaturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaturity. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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