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Adjective: premature  `preemu't(y)ûr [N. Amer], `premu'tyûr [Brit]
  1. Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
    "a premature infant"
     
  2. Too soon or too hasty
    "a premature judgment"
    - previous
     
  3. Uncommonly early or before the expected time
    "illness led to his premature death"
    - untimely

See also: early, immature, prematurely, prematurity

Antonym: full-term

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