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
  • Chester Dale, whose bequest forms the core of the NGA’s Cassatt holdings, favored the range of her female subjects, from girlhood and adolescence to adulthood and old age.
    Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • These days, more kids are specializing in one sport at younger ages, as opposed to playing multiple sports into adolescence.
    Holly Santman, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, as Fiedler demonstrates with such aplomb, juvenility need not yield aesthetic failure.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Sézalory remains her brand’s largest stakeholder, though it’s brought on minority investors in 2018 (General Atlantic) and 2022 (Téthys).
    Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Families and staff fought the plan for months, worried that the closures would disproportionately affect minority, low-income and special education students and harm all students’ academic and social well-being.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That said, the videos are merely simulations when orbital data centers remain in their infancy.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While quantum technologies are still in their infancy, concerns about their high energy use are already on the rise.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Immaturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaturity. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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