as in adolescence
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Recent Examples of immaturity
Some problems are societal — lack of money or positive role models, the easy access to drugs — while others are endemic to the women’s age, at which insecurity and immaturity can be crippling.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The level of immaturity from a grown man his age should be studied.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Instead of treating youth anxiety as immaturity, this narrative shift reframes it as responsibility.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
And, in the Japanese dub, the pairs’ voice actors Kikunosuke Toya and Reina Ueda do a fantastic job, emphasizing Denji and Reze’s immaturity and hesitation in this burgeoning relationship.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, most of the names are defensive-minded players, but the fact that Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Jackson have all been booked most for dissent out of all the categories highlights some of the immaturity in the ranks.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
This affair is just another example of Adam’s bewildering emotional immaturity.
—Sarah John, Vulture, 24 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
Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The level of immaturity from a grown man his age should be studied.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Instead of treating youth anxiety as immaturity, this narrative shift reframes it as responsibility.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
And, in the Japanese dub, the pairs’ voice actors Kikunosuke Toya and Reina Ueda do a fantastic job, emphasizing Denji and Reze’s immaturity and hesitation in this burgeoning relationship.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, most of the names are defensive-minded players, but the fact that Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Jackson have all been booked most for dissent out of all the categories highlights some of the immaturity in the ranks.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
This affair is just another example of Adam’s bewildering emotional immaturity.
—Sarah John, Vulture, 24 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaturity
Noun
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Her writing often returned to her childhood and adolescence in Formby, a few miles north of Liverpool.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Elements of punk, adolescence, and glam-rock all infiltrated the runway.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead, Glenn must abide by the Rooney Rule and interview at least two minority candidates for the job in-person.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Understanding that Mandela’s liberation meant that white-minority rule was coming to an end, the founders trekked into the desert, bought a disused mining town wholesale, and established a colony.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Most of these children were born during the pandemic and spent much of their infancy quarantined indoors, their earliest socialization filtered through the blue light of tablets and television, Aguet said.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The audio and video quality of the film matches the raw power of the music from beloved rock bands who were in their prime, or in the case of Beck and Foo Fighters, in their infancy.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Immaturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaturity. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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