unripe

[uhn-rahyp]

adjective

1. not ripe; immature; not fully developed.

   unripe fruit.

2. too early; premature.

unripe

/ ʌnˈraɪp /

adjective

1. not fully matured

2. not fully prepared or developed; not ready

3. obsolete,  premature or untimely

Other Word Forms

• unripely adverb
• unripeness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unripe¹

before 1000; Middle English unrype, Old English unrīpe. See un- ¹, ripe

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.

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Some Chinese consumers have complained that durians are arriving unripe.

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"It was unripe — there was no action by the EPA that Louisiana could challenge," said Kron.

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Verjus is a slightly sweet and acidic drink made from young, unripe grapes, also used in cooking.

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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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