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premature

Something is premature if it happens early, before the usual time. The premature baby was born 32 weeks after conception.

premature

born after a gestation period of less than the normal time a premature infant (= untimely) uncommonly early or before the expected time illness led to his premature death alcohol brought him to an untimely end (= previous) too soon or too hasty our condemnation of him was a bit previous a premature judgment

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Simple sentences

Tom was born premature.
It is premature to discuss it now.
I had a premature baby.
There's nothing that ruins life as much as premature ejaculation.
Mary's baby was three weeks premature.
The WHO says tobacco use, the harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity are some of the top reasons for premature death.
Don't you think that's a little premature?
The familiar argument against a proposed action that it is premature.
My daughter was premature.
When he claims to desire eternal life, in reality man merely wishes to avoid a premature, violent or gruesome death.
There is no greater insult to life than premature ejaculation.

Movie subtitles

Aren't you a little premature, brother?
A little premature, isn't it?
By the premature adoption of an extreme belief and creed, it is well to understand this in looking to the duties of adult life, in particular, the married state, when you will emerge into a world of grown-up problems for the first time.
Just a little premature.
The speech for the crown, however, is premature.
It could have been a premature explosion, captain.
A rest well deserved, but so premature.
From that day forth the very thought of premature interment was enough to drive your brother into convulsions of horror.
Okay, it's premature, but if all goes well.
The compliment's slightly premature, Milady.
Perhaps you are a bit premature.
Isn't it somewhat premature?
I oppose it, sir, on the grounds that it's premature.
Unless he was born premature.
The uprising is premature!
No, Casimir. No premature revelations!
I doubt whether he'd be more than momentarily concerned over my premature demise.
As a matter of fact, he was directly responsible for what very nearly turned out to be my premature death on three separate occasions.
Isn't that a little premature Inasmuch as you have one wife already?
Hello, Dr. Benedict. Just a little premature.
House of Parliament. A visit to the Cuckoos seemed premature.
The baby was premature.
That would be premature.
Premature birth while I'm away.
All my life, I've had a dreadful fear of premature burial.
But if it's too late, the baby will be premature or stillborn.
Aren't you a bit premature?
The bell has rung upon his great career. Now we lay him to rest. A rest well deserved, but so premature.
I think a declaration would be premature.
Premature, I know, but I was hoping for the best.
Perhaps your departure was a bit premature.
The glove salesman? Premature?

News and current affairs

Approving a long-run deficit-reduction plan now but deferring its starting date until the economy is near full employment would prevent premature fiscal contraction from tipping the economy back into recession.
Such complacency is premature.
Against this background, it is premature to talk about withdrawing American troops.
But the League's unanimity requirement effectively gave all members veto power, and the United States Senate's refusal to ratify its Covenant condemned the effort to a premature death.
Premature inflationary pressures are a prime reason that both ECB presidents, the late Wim Duisenberg and now Jean-Claude Trichet, have consistently pressed for structural reform in their press conferences and speeches.
The fundamental problem was premature capital market liberalization.
Though it is premature to enter into such discussions now, the issue should not be taken off the table.
Hence it would be premature for India to open up its capital account immediately.
Yet it is premature to declare the crisis over, because much of the impact and many of the consequences of the crisis have yet to be felt.
But talk of an OPEC breakup is premature.
Such a move would be deemed premature by numerous critics.
Apart from this, it is surely premature to believe that the West has run out of investment opportunities.
To panic would be premature.
These companies will then find themselves making more payments for premature deaths relative to their competitors.
But the celebration appears to have been premature.
It is premature to invite Lukashenko to the opening summit of this initiative in Prague on May 7.
The new SDGs set a lofty goal: for the first time, world leaders have vowed to reduce premature deaths caused by chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
Given this, an active surveillance program could be the best way to address the most serious consequence of excessive screening: premature, overly aggressive treatment.
According to the World Health Organization, outdoor air pollution causes more than three million premature deaths a year.
Yet we have a tax that could prevent hundreds of millions of premature deaths.
One lesson is to avoid premature collapse of import-competing industries that employ substantial numbers of people before sufficient employment opportunities have emerged in more productive industries.
Without such a deadlock, neither United Nations resolutions, nor premature peace initiatives can cut short the dynamic of war.
In this context, Europe may be a tired, aging, and depressed continent, but, as its luxury and aeronautics industries attest, it would be premature to bury it.
So the BIS's call for across-the-board monetary normalization is premature (though this does not mean that reforms should wait).
While it's premature to make definitive predictions, the Lewites and Montealegre rebellions have already done more in eight weeks to change the country's political landscape than anything else in the last two years.
Though it might be premature to write Ahmedinejad's political obituary if his allies are defeated, a victory for them now would increase the likelihood of his reelection in June 2009.
To pay back the debt without strain, we need a booming economy. Talk of government spending cuts is premature.

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