at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | not yet mature |
of an early stage in the development of a language or literature | characteristic of a lack of maturity |
being or occurring at an early stage of development | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
belonging to the distant past | (of birds) not yet having developed feathers |
very young | not fully developed or mature; not ripe |
expected in the near future | |