Dictionary Definition
immature adj
1 characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature
behavior" [ant: mature]
2 lacking in development; "immature plans"; "an
unformed character" [syn: unformed]
3 (used of living things especially persons) in
an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
[syn: young] [ant:
old]
4 not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
"unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe, unripened] [ant: ripe]
5 not yet mature [ant: mature]
6 (of birds) not yet having developed feathers;
"a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" [syn: unfledged] [ant: fledged]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Not fully formed or developed, unripe.
- Childish in
behavior.
- Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
- The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
Translations
not fully formed
childish
Italian
Adjective
immature pExtensive Definition
- "Immature" redirects here. For info on the general word, see Wiktionary article Immature.
IMx, formerly known as Immature, was an American
R&B
group, managed by record
producer Chris
Stokes. Its members included Marques
"Batman" Houston (born August 4,
1981),
Jerome
"Romeo" Jones (born October 25,
1981), and
Kelton "LDB" Kessee (born January 2,
1981), all
natives of Los Angeles,
California,
where the group was formed. The group released four albums under
the name Immature: On
Our Worst Behavior (1992) (which included former member Don
"Half Pint" Santos, later replaced by Kessee), Playtyme
Is Over (1994), We Got
It (1995) and
The Journey (1997). In 1999, the group underwent a name change
and continued on to release two albums under the name IMx: Introducing
IMx (1999) and IMx (2001)
and released the
Greatist Hits album in 2001. The group also branched out into
film (such as
House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute) and television (such as
A Different World) before disbanding in 2002.
Biography
In 1992, Immature was formed in Los Angeles, California. The original members were Marques "Batman" Houston, Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half-Pint" Santos.Santos was eventually replaced by Kelton "LDB"
Kessee (the group's drummer) in 1993 due to personal reasons.
Kessee remained a full-time member of the group.
Immature eventually felt that their band name was
no longer a fitting description to describe them as people or
musicians. In 1999, they changed their name to IMx.
After Immature/IMx
In 2002, the group disbanded. Houston and Jones (under the name Young Rome) began solo careers, while Kessee continued his work as a record producer. Houston became the first former member to release a solo album, MH, in 2003. Jones followed suit with the release of his debut solo album in 2004, entitled Food for Thought. Houston continued on to release two more albums: Naked (2005) and Veteran (2007).Houston and Jones have also pursued acting
careers, with both starring in the dance film, You Got
Served (2004) and Houston starring in UPN's comedy Cuts and the horror
film Somebody
Help Me (2007).
Music career
Immature
On Our Worst Behavior
In 1992, Immature released their debut album, On Our Worst Behavior, on September 22. The album featured singles "Da Munchies", "I Wanna Know U That Way" and "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)" (which also appeared on the soundtrack for the animated film Bébé's Kids, in which Houston provided his voice for the character Khalil).Although the album failed to make it onto any of
Billboard's
charts, their song "Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)" managed to
make it onto Billboards Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number 39.
Playtyme Is Over
In 1994, Immature released their second album, Playtyme Is Over on August 2. The album featured singles "Never Lie", "Constantly" and "I Don't Mind".In the United States, Playtyme Is Over peaked at
number 88 on the Billboard 200 and
peaked at number 26 on Billboards Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
We Got It
In 1995, Immature released their third album, We Got It on December 5. The album featured singles "We Got It" (which sampled Chocolate Milk's 1978 soul hit "Girl Callin'"), "Please Don't Go", "Lover's Groove" and "Feel the Funk" (which also appeared on the soundtrack for the film Dangerous Minds).In the United States, We Got It peaked at number
76 on the Billboard 200 and
peaked at number 14 on Billboards Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Track listing
- "We Got It"
- "Lover's Groove"
- "Just A Little Bit"
- "Please Don't Go"
- "I Don't Know"
- "Pager"
- "Crazy"
- "I Can't Stop The Rain"
- "A Boy Like Me"
- "Candy"
- "When It's Love"
- "Pay You Back"
- "Feel The Funk"
The Journey
In 1997, Immature released their fourth and final album (under the name Immature), The Journey. The album featured singles "I'm Not a Fool", "Give Up The Ghost" (featuring Bizzy Bone) and "Extra, Extra" (written by Keith Sweat).In the United States, The Journey peaked at
number 92 on the Billboard 200 and
peaked at number 20 on Billboards Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
IMx
Introducing IMx
In 1999, Immature changed their name to IMx and released their fifth album, Introducing IMx. The album featured singles "Stay the Night", "Keep It On the Low" and "In & Out of Love".In the United States, Introducing IMx peaked at
number 101 on the Billboard 200 and
peaked at number 31 on Billboards Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
IMx
In 2001, IMx released their sixth, and final, album, IMx on August 21. The album featured singles "First Time", "Beautiful (You Are)", "Clap Your Hands Pt. 1" and "Ain't No Need" (which also appeared on the soundtrack for the film The Adventures of Pluto Nash).In the United States, IMx peaked at number 126 on
the Billboard 200 and
peaked at number 26 on Billboards Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Other works
IMx released their Greatest Hits album on February 27, 2001. The album featured all of the popular singles that Immature/IMx had released in the past 9 years and included several remixes of the original versions and songs that they had made guest appearances on (such as R&B singer Monteco's song "Is It Me?").Immature collaborated with comedy actor Kel Mitchell
in the hit song "Watch
Me Do My Thing", which was featured on the soundtrack of the
Nickelodeon
sketch comedy, All That.
Discography
Albums
References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a novice at, a stranger to, adolescent, adulterated, amateur, amateurish, arrested, at half cock,
babish, babyish, blemished, budding, callow, childish, childlike, dabbling, damaged, defective, deficient, dewy, dilettante, dilettantish, embryonic, erroneous, ever-new, evergreen, failing, fallible, faulty, firsthand, fledgling, found wanting,
fresh, green, green as grass, growing, half-assed, half-baked,
half-cocked, half-grown, hypoplastic, ignorant, ill-digested,
impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impubic, impure, in arrear, in arrears, in
default, in short supply, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, inexperienced, infant, infantile, infantine, ingenuous, innocent, intact, jejune, juicy, juvenile, lacking, maiden, maidenly, makeshift, mediocre, minor, missing, mixed, naive, needing, neoteric, nestling, new, new to, new-fledged, not
perfect, off, original, part, partial, patchy, precocious, premature, pristine, puerile, raw, ripening, rudimentary, sappy, scant, scanty, sciolistic, scrappy, sempervirent, shallow, short, shy, sketchy, smattering, sophomoric, superficial, tender, unaccustomed to,
unacquainted with, unadult, unbeaten, unconversant, unconversant
with, underage,
underdeveloped,
underripe, undeveloped, uneven, unexperienced, unfamiliar
with, unfinished,
unfledged, unformed, ungrown, unhandled, uninitiated in,
unlicked, unmatured, unmellowed, unperfected, unpracticed, unpracticed in,
unripe, unseasoned, unskilled in,
unsophisticated,
unsound, unthorough, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unused to, unversed, unversed in, vernal, virgin, virginal, wanting, young, youthful