premature
Because of her illness, her career ended prematurely.
He could lose his pension if he quits and leaves the company prematurely.
Statistically, you are more likely to suffer a disability than to die prematurely.

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prematurely | American Dictionary

prematurely
adverb
us/ˌpri·məˈtʃʊr·li, -ˈtʊr-/
too soon:
Twins often are born prematurely.
Tony is getting prematurely gray (= his hair is becoming gray).

Examples of prematurely

prematurely
Associated with the dwindling in size is the production of poor unhealthy top-growth which tends to die off prematurely.
Four patients had been born prematurely and had ductal ligation soon after birth.
In other words, the complaint was dismissed because it was prematurely lodged.
With viability a constant concern, there might be a tendency to prematurely withdraw life support from and not give appropriate care to patients.
It would have been preferable to leave the contents of the string unspecified rather than prematurely settling on an inadequate standard.
Sounding out the neighbours prematurely carries the risk of disclosing one's own indecision, for which one could later be reproached.
This, naturally, helps us to understand why miners died prematurely.
Quantifying this measure is important for all babies, particularly for those born prematurely.
There were controls on grazing such as between dry and wet season grazing, and collective sanctions were imposed against any individual herding prematurely.
These students are judged to be poor at mathematics and will most often discontinue their mathematics education prematurely.
These questions will remain unanswerable until there is a way to sustain the life of every newborn delivered prematurely regardless of gestation.
The twins were born prematurely at 29 weeks' gestation, but were otherwise well, requiring only minimal resuscitation and respiratory support.
Of the 223 infants, 54% were male, 45% were firstborn, and 13% were born more than 2 weeks prematurely.
He was born one month prematurely, but healthy.
The group division according to the general cognitive level has also been used in other studies concentrating on language skills in prematurely born children.
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