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Meaning of premature

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  premature
      adj 1: born after a gestation period of less than the normal
             time; "a premature infant" [ant: {full-term}]
      2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit
         previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: {previous(p)},
         {premature}]
      3: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to
         his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely
         end" [syn: {premature}, {untimely}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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