immaturity

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Recent Examples of immaturity In past seasons, Joe’s immaturity was directed towards women; this time, it’s channeled into his relationship with Nathan, who acts even more immaturely. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 His workload as captain in all three formats was secondary to his immaturity. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaturity
Noun
  • For teens who aren’t comfortable socially, adolescence is likely to be an especially rough time.
    — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The smart kids, the shy ones, the jokers and the loners — every one of them is caught in the pyroclastic flow of adolescence, every minute a negotiation between fitting in and standing out.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, as Fiedler demonstrates with such aplomb, juvenility need not yield aesthetic failure.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Kyl rose to a leadership position during his last full term in the Senate, when his Republican colleagues selected him as minority whip.
    — JACQUES BILLEAUD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The overwhelmingly white and male leadership commands an enlisted force in which 34% identify with a racial minority group and 17% are women.
    — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Finding this specific signature inside organic matter proves that these molecules acquired their oxygen during the Solar System’s absolute infancy.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Two other daughters, one born in 1797 and another in 1799, died in infancy.
    — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Immaturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaturity. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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