PREMATURENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prematureness mean? 

• PREMATURENESS (noun)
  The noun PREMATURENESS has 1 sense:

1. the state of being premature

  Familiarity information: PREMATURENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREMATURENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being premature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

prematureness; prematurity

Hypernyms ("prematureness" is a kind of...):

immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)

Derivation:

premature (uncommonly early or before the expected time)

premature (too soon or too hasty)

premature (born after a gestation period of less than the normal time)