How to Use immature in a Sentence

immature

adjective

• The flock included both adult and immature birds.
• His teachers have complained about his immature behavior.
• There is a lesser tax rate for immature bud and trimmings.
  — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2019
• Nathan's body produces immature red blood cells, which break apart rapidly.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 25 Aug. 2019
• Seek help if your child's behavior seems immature compared to other kids their age.
  — Amy Morin, Parents, 29 July 2024
• When immature, the fruit has a sweet and nutty taste and a slightly denser texture than zucchini.
  — Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 Aug. 2024
• Dear Eric: This may be immature but there’s a snub that has bothered me for 70 years.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
• The prices of wholesale trim and immature plants were flat at $325 per pound and $8 apiece respectively.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2019
• Offshore wind was capital-intensive and immature, the logic went, so needed help.
  — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
• This tiny tick was identified as the immature stage of the deer tick, called Ixodes scapularis, similar to Europe’s sheep tick.
  — Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• After just two months, the researchers detected scattered brain-wave activity of roughly a single frequency, much like that seen in the immature human brain.
  — Bret Stetka, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2019
• Simpson and other divers tend to this underwater nursery as gardeners mind a flower bed — slowly and painstakingly plucking off snails and fireworms that feast on immature coral.
  — Christina Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
• The more immature the flower, the longer the plant should last.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
• Edamame Edamame is the name for immature soybeans still in the pod.
  — Lauren Manaker, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• The torn look to the leaves may have to do with frost damage to yet immature leaves, not to a disease.
  — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2019
• If present these are the immature stages of the hibiscus midge.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
• Their immature lungs are not ready for life outside the womb.
  — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2021
• But, easy is also cheap and immature, and perhaps the whole thing is not that deep.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 26 June 2021
• The good news about a surplus of jakes in the field is the immature birds are usually pretty easy for hunters to fool.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2021
• All types of lice have three forms: Nits, which are lice eggs; nymphs, which are immature lice; and adult lice, which are fully-grown and about the size of a sesame seed.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• The linebacking corps and defensive line were banged up and immature in 2021.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
• The same might apply for us immature 20- and 30-somethings.
  — Kitty Grady, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
• The more serious damage can come from the immature stages feeding on the lilacs’ roots.
  — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
• But there's part of Tony that was deeply insecure and immature, frankly.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 July 2021
• There’s a high risk of death in infancy that declines rapidly in the immature and teenage years.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 June 2021
• The still-immature Orhan believes that Sarajevo is the best city in the world and has no desire to live anywhere else.
  — Alissa Simon, Variety, 14 Aug. 2021
• Hazeltine National's course was eight years old, immature and ridiculed when the U.S. Open arrived for the first time in 1970.
  — Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
• Abby’s blood was packed with immature blood cells called blasts.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
• On the palate, this is clearly a younger whiskey, but not immature exactly.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2022
• The Vanderpump Rules cast is known for being a bit immature, and well, kind of ratchet.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024