premature
/ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/ noun C2- An infant born prematurely.
Plural prematures
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The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature grey, and her expression was weary and haggard.
"Is this not rather premature?"
The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.”
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