"premature draft" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a draft of something that is created before it was originally intended or expected to be completed. For example, "The project manager was forced to make a premature draft of the presentation due to a tight deadline."
Ward defended himself by saying, "I had no intention of deliberately plagiarizing," and suggested he had used Mort's work as a model and had submitted a premature draft.
But the first six games of the 2011-2012 season have showcased a far different Williams; he's nowhere near the level of player that would validate his premature draft selection, but Williams, still just 25, has bolstered his production as an off-the-radar contributor to the Hawks' 4-2 start.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Harlow said that Mr. Kay's report was still being drafted and that it would be premature to describe any draft as reflecting even interim conclusions.
Here's an excerpt and link: The unauthorized and premature posting of the drafts of the WGI AR5, which are works in progress, may lead to confusion because the text will necessarily change in some respects once all the review comments have been addressed.
More on this once the IPCC report is actually published – any current commentaries on the draft report are premature.
And I think that it's premature to suggest that there is a draft out there.
At the time, Hedman apologized to Flint Mayor Dayne Walling for the leak and said "it would be premature to draw any conclusions based on that draft".
(The paper is not yet published in any academic journal, and is only online in draft form. Some would consider it rather premature to issue a press release).
The European Parliament commissioned its own assessment by outside experts that concluded that the draft law was "poorly constructed, ill-focused and premature".
In the last century premature death was not the only reason behind the "spare" being drafted in.
That didn't stop Fox News, Ross McKitrick in the Financial Post, Roger Pielke Jr., the Heartland Institute, and Anthony Watts from declaring premature and unwarranted victory on behalf of climate contrarians based on the faulty draft figure.
