Premature
['premətjʊə] or [,primə'tʃʊr]
Definition
(adj.) uncommonly early or before the expected time; 'illness led to his premature death'; 'alcohol brought him to an untimely end' .
(adj.) born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; 'a premature infant' .
Editor: Martin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.
Edited by Bertram
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Precocious, too forward, ripe too soon.[2]. Unseasonable, too early.
Typist: Vilma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hasty, crude, unauthenticated, untimely, precocious, precipitate, too_early,rash, unseasonable
ANT:Ripe, timely, seasonable, opportune
Checker: Steve
Definition
adj. mature before the proper time: happening before the proper time: too soon believed: unauthenticated (as a report).—adv. Prēmatūre′ly.—ns. Prematūr′ity Prēmatūre′ness.
Checker: Seymour
Examples
- Any open reference to the question, on my part, would have been premature at this early stage of our reconciliation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It would have been premature to interfere with her at such a time as this. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Don't you think it may be a little premature? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was premature disillusionment that caused the Russian collapse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it would be premature in this stage, and it's not the character of my mind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And lookye further, Phil, says the trooper, staying his premature conclusions with a wave of his hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Once his strong hand lay still, England fell away from this premature attempt to realize a righteous commonweal of free men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was danger, also, in that mode of turning the chambered breech, arising from premature firing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Happily this change does not leave me stranded; it but hurries into premature execution designs long formed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It shows the sciences in their interrelations, and saves the student from narrowness and premature specialization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And yet it may be premature to abandon the case. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Open-mindedness means retention of the childlike attitude; closed-mindedness means premature intellectual old age. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I have often felt that Mr. Edison got himself purposely into trouble by premature publications and otherwise, so that he would have a full incentive to get himself out of the trouble. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The money which I had reckoned upon never came to hand, and a premature examination of accounts exposed my deficit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- This may be premature. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I think I was premature in promising. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He snatched at a premature popularity by outdoing his father's patriotic and aggressive attitudes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature grey, and her expression was weary and haggard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It would be premature to state that plainly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If I join St. John, I abandon half myself: if I go to India, I go to premature death. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He soon regretted the premature publication of his studies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But I--you won't think me premature if I mention it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He might have risen still higher, but for the premature death of the heroic Coeur-de-Lion, before the Castle of Chaluz, near Limoges. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It never did run out, however, but was brought to a premature end, as I proceed to relate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Checker: Seymour