onvolwassen

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Dutch

Etymology

From on- +‎ volwassen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɔn.vɔlˈʋɑ.sə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: on‧vol‧was‧sen

Adjective

onvolwassen (not comparable)

  1. immature (not having reached adulthood or maturity)
    Enkel een paar onvolwassen dieren hadden de storm overleefd.
    Only a few immature animals had survived the storm.
  2. immature (behaving childishly)
    Het werk van deze nationale historicus staat bol van de onvolwassen vooroordelen.
    The works of this national historian are filled to the rafters with immature prejudices.

Declension

Declension of onvolwassen
uninflected onvolwassen
inflected onvolwassen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial onvolwassen
indefinite m./f. sing. onvolwassen
n. sing. onvolwassen
plural onvolwassen
definite onvolwassen
partitive onvolwassens

Derived terms