LekhoriLekhoriOccurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
a premature birth
Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
I was lost in reveries of death, and the idea of premature burial held continual possession of my brain.
Suffering from premature ejaculation.
An infant born prematurely.
From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.
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