immature stage

collocation in English

meaningsofimmatureandstage

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immature
adjective
uk
/ˌɪm.əˈtʃʊər/us
/ˌɪm.əˈtʊr/
disapproving
not behaving in a way that is as calm and wise as people expect from someone of ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofimmatureandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This dispersal seems to be restricted to theimmaturestage, particularly post-larval individuals, and is used to colonize new habitats.
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It is a theoretically interesting idea that animmaturestageof first language acquisition could under certain circumstances become an adult norm.
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Overall, the rate of development increased at higher temperatures for eachimmaturestage.
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Others will never catch up, and their adult speech will represent animmaturestageof first language acquisition with respect to possessive marking.
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Noirot (1985) suggests that soldiers develop from anyimmaturestagefrom the second stage onwards.
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Survival, duration ofimmaturestage, adult fecundity and longevity were recorded.
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We also have the jet-propelled wingless vehicle which in its young andimmaturestagewas called the "flying bedstead".
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Part of this increase is due, of course, to the fact that radar was in itsimmaturestageat the outbreak of the war.
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Surely it is a mistake to protect a young and new invention and to coddle it and thus enable the technicians to get away with it in itsimmaturestage.
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The town planning scheme, however, is still in animmaturestage, and much further information is necessary as regard's development generally before the proposal can be considered.
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It is whitish and flat at theimmaturestage.
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Insects found in thisimmaturestageof development are incredibly difficult to identify because all maggots have the same appearance when in this stage.
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They are aquatic insects whoseimmaturestage(called naiad or, colloquially, nymph) usually lasts one year in fresh water.
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The first proglottid stage is theimmaturestage, characterized by functional reproductive organs.
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The juvenile molts three times to reach theimmaturestage.
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At this stillimmaturestage, they may form groups or school.
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Theimmaturestageis the most anterior proglottid, and consists of anywhere between 200 to 300 proglottids.
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The two populations showed similar responses to temperature with respect to development time and survival of immature stages.
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These patterns were also detectable in the immature stages (data not shown).
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Distilled water (50 ml) was added to each plate every other week to reduce mortality of immature stages due to dessication.
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