immaturity

[ im-uh-choor-i-tee, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur- ]

noun

, plural im·ma·tu·ri·ties

1. a state or condition of being immature:

   the immaturity of one's behavior; the immaturity of a country's technology.

2. an immature action or attitude.

Word History and Origins

Origin of immaturity¹

1530–40; immature + -ity, probably reflecting Latin immātūritās untimely haste, unripeness

Example Sentences

Despite the advanced age of the candidate, the Trump campaign was characterized by petulance and immaturity, adopting the countenance of a spoiled rich kid sneering at his mom for telling him to do his homework.

From Salon

With youth comes hubris, immaturity and unrealized potential.

From Los Angeles Times

She goes on to detail her immaturity as a boss with an anecdote about a button in her office that would release fake snakes from the ceiling, explaining herself away by saying that she "didn't want to be a boss" in the first place.

From Salon

Laughing, smiling too much or displaying expressions of empathy, disappointment or support at work was interpreted as weakness, immaturity or indecision.

From Los Angeles Times

Such individual, collective, and social immaturity is how we arrived at such a bad place and on the precipice of a Trump Reich.

From Salon

Related Words

• ignorance