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premature (adjective); more premature, most premature
1. A reference to something that happens before the proper time: When the candidate for mayor was about to announce his victory, he was told that he was making a premature statement because all of the ballots or votes had not yet been counted.
2. Descriptive of something that is occurring, growing, or existing before a customary, correct, or assigned time: Jerry missed his flight because it made a premature departure in order to avoid the severe storm that was approaching the area.
3. Etymology: from Latin praematurus; from prae-, "before" + maturus, "ripe."
Pertaining to doing something before the right time.
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Word Entries containing the term: “premature”
premature senility (s) (noun), premature senilities (pl)
The onset of the characteristics of declining at an earlier than normal time in a person's life: Jane's father, who was only in his 40s, had to be moved into a nursing home as a result of his premature senility because he couldn't take care of himself anymore and he needed more attention than his family could provide.
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