premature

Speech parts

1. premature - Noun

2. premature - Adjective

3. premature - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.

Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay.

Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

untimely early previous beforehand rash precocious precipitous anticipatory unseasonable overhasty prematurely too soon preterm before time young
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Antonyms

after due late next slow academic
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Phrases with the word

premature delivery premature hair premature mortality premature abortion premature pregnancy termination ventricular premature beat

Examples

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation. Peter Ustinov

Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect. George Boole

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death. Anton Chekhov

Premature optimization is the root of all evil. Donald Knuth

Late marriages, premature orphans. Sicilian Proverb

Premature purchase is repented. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

prematted prematuration prematurational premature abortion premature antifascist premature baby