Immaturity in Malayalam
Immaturity sits awkwardly in this entry. അപാകത (apakatha) is the closer of the two options, a formal noun for something being defective or not as it should be, and it appears in writing about flaws and shortcomings. Everyday Malayalam more often says outright that a person lacks maturity, using a phrase rather than one noun.
Immaturity.
പദ്ധതിയിൽ ഒരു അപാകത കണ്ടു.
paddhathiyil oru apakatha kandu.
A flaw was found in the plan.
All Malayalam words for “immaturity”
- അപാകത (apakatha) — Immaturity.
- ഇളപ്പം (ilappam) — Juniority, state of being young, inferiority, disgrace, tenderness, unripeness immaturity.
ഇളപ്പം (ilappam) is about being young, junior or unripe, so it suits an unripe fruit or a younger sibling, while അപാകത (apakatha) points at a defect or at something falling short.
Common questions
How do you say immaturity in Malayalam?
There is no neat single word here. അപാകത (apakatha) covers a defect or shortcoming and is the nearest of the two; the usual way is to say that maturity is missing.
Which word would describe an immature person?
Neither is a comfortable fit. ഇളപ്പം (ilappam) suggests youth and inexperience and അപാകത suggests a flaw, so for a person speakers normally say plainly that they have not matured.