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premature adjective [ ˈprɛmətʃə ]

• occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early.
• "the sun can cause premature ageing"
Similar: untimely, early, too soon, too early, before time, unseasonable, rash, overhasty, hasty, precipitate, precipitous, impulsive, impetuous, ill-timed, ill-considered, jumping the gun, previous,
Opposite: overdue,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, mature’): from Latin praematurus ‘very early’, from prae ‘before’ + maturus ‘ripe’.


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