Premature

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premature \Pre`ma*ture"\, a. [L. praematurus; prae before +
     maturus ripe. See {Mature}.]
     1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature
        fruits of a hotbed.
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     2. 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.
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     3. Arriving or received without due authentication or
        evidence; as, a premature report.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pre`ma*ture"ly}, adv. --
        {Pre`ma*ture"ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  premature
       adj 1: born after a gestation period of less than the normal time;
              "a premature infant" [ant: {full-term}]
       2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit
          previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: {previous(p)}]
       3: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led
          to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an
          untimely end" [syn: {untimely}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "premature":
     a bit previous, advanced, beforehand, early, far ahead, forward,
     green, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, ill-considered,
     ill-seasoned, ill-timed, immature, improper, impulsive,
     inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient,
     infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant,
     late, mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, not firm, off base,
     out of line, out of phase, out of time, overhasty, oversoon,
     precipitate, precocious, previous, rushed, soon, too early,
     too late, too soon, unbefitting, uncrystallized, underdeveloped,
     undeveloped, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfledged, unfortunate,
     unhandy, unhappy, unjelled, unlucky, unmatured, unmeditated,
     unpremeditated, unprepared, unpropitious, unready, unripe,
     unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, wrong