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unripe
[uhn-rahyp]
adjective
not ripe; immature; not fully developed.
unripe fruit.
too early; premature.
unripe
/ ʌˈɪ /
adjective
not fully matured
not fully prepared or developed; not ready
obsoletepremature or untimely
Other Word Forms
- unripely adverb
- unripeness noun
- ܲˈԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
Some Chinese consumers have complained that durians are arriving unripe.
"It was unripe — there was no action by the EPA that Louisiana could challenge," said Kron.
Verjus is a slightly sweet and acidic drink made from young, unripe grapes, also used in cooking.
They scrape out the flesh of the unripe fruit and squeeze the pulp in a rolled leaf to extract a milky white juice.
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