prematurely
Before the time
Prematurely means before the proper or expected time.
A baby born prematurely arrives before full term.
Someone who ages prematurely shows signs of aging earlier than typical.
Hair can gray prematurely.
To act prematurely is to act too soon: Don't celebrate prematurely—we haven't won yet.
The word often carries a sense of unfortunate timing or incompleteness.
Without prior deliberation
- rashlyWithout careful thought
- precipitatelyWith reckless speed
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- impetuouslyActing on sudden urge
headlong · incautiously · ill-advisedly · foolhardily · heedlessly · unthinkingly · injudiciously · carelessly
With premature sophistication
- incipientlyIn a starting manner
- embryonicallyIn initial developmental form
- anticipatorilyIn a foreseeing manner
- initiallyAt the outset
beforehand · ahead-of-time · early · previously · preliminarily · preemptively · priorly · antecedently
Not to the end
- immaturelyIn an undeveloped manner
- rudimentarilyIn elementary form
- half-formedIncompletely developed or realized
- underdevelopedInsufficiently grown or advanced
stunted · abortively · insufficiently · partially · imperfectly · deficiently · unfinished · half-baked
At an unsuitable time
- unseasonablyNot fitting the time
- inconvenientlyIn a troublesome manner
- inappropriatelyIn an unsuitable manner
- unfortunatelyExpressing bad luck
impulsively
Without prior deliberation
- rashlyWithout careful thought
- precipitatelyWith reckless speed
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
impetuously · headlong · incautiously · ill-advisedly · foolhardily · heedlessly · unthinkingly · injudiciously · carelessly · brashly
precociously
With premature sophistication
- incipientlyIn a starting manner
- embryonicallyIn initial developmental form
- anticipatorilyIn a foreseeing manner
initially · beforehand · ahead-of-time · early · previously · preliminarily · preemptively · priorly · antecedently · soon
incompletely
Not to the end
- immaturelyIn an undeveloped manner
- rudimentarilyIn elementary form
- half-formedIncompletely developed or realized
underdeveloped · stunted · abortively · insufficiently · partially · imperfectly · deficiently · unfinished · half-baked · inadequately
inopportunely
At an unsuitable time
- unseasonablyNot fitting the time
- inconvenientlyIn a troublesome manner
- inappropriatelyIn an unsuitable manner
unfortunately · malapropos · unsuitably · unfavorably · inauspiciously
prematurelybelatedly
After the expected time
late · tardily · too late · after the fact · behind schedule
- premature babyInfant born before term
- premature birthDelivery before 37 weeks
- premature agingAccelerated biological deterioration
- premature deliveryBirth before full gestation
- premature deathDying younger than expected
- died prematurelyExpired before expected lifespan