Premature

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Occurring, growing, or existing before the customary, correct, or assigned time; uncommonly or unexpectedly early: a premature end.
  • adj. Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time: a premature infant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
  • adj. Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
  • adj. Suffering from premature ejaculation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Mature or ripe before the proper time.
  • adj. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely
  • adj. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Arriving too early at maturity; mature or ripe before the proper time; hence, coming into existence or occurring too soon; too early; untimely; overhasty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. uncommonly early or before the expected time
  • adj. born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
  • adj. too soon or too hasty
  • Equivalent
    early   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    untimely    precocious   
    Rhyme
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    speedy    subsequent    impending    simultaneous    abrupt