Prematurity

3 definitions found

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

  Prematurity \Pre`ma*tu"ri*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]maturit['e].]
     The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely,
     ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  prematurity
       n : the state of being premature [syn: {prematureness}]

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

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "prematurity":
     forwardness, haste, hastiness, impropriety, impulse, impulsiveness,
     inappropriateness, inauspiciousness, inconvenience, inexpedience,
     infelicity, inopportuneness, inopportunity, intempestivity,
     interruption, intrusion, irrelevance, lateness, overhastiness,
     precipitation, precociousness, precocity, prematureness, rush,
     unfavorableness, unfitness, unfittingness, unfortunateness,
     unpropitiousness, unripeness, unseasonableness, unsuitability,
     untimeliness, wrongness