| a. | 1. | Mature or ripe before the proper time; |
| 2. | Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; | |
| 3. | Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; |
| Adj. | 1. | premature - born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" Antonyms: full-term - gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; "a healthy full-term baby" |
| 2. | premature - too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" Synonyms: previous | |
| 3. | premature - uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" Synonyms: untimely |
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