unripe
Americanadjective
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not ripe; immature; not fully developed.
unripe fruit.
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too early; premature.
adjective
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not fully matured
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not fully prepared or developed; not ready
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obsolete premature or untimely
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unripe
before 1000; Middle English unrype, Old English unrīpe. See un- 1, ripe
Example Sentences
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Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, which means a robot must carefully select ripe fruit while leaving unripe ones untouched.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
"It was unripe — there was no action by the EPA that Louisiana could challenge," said Kron.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023
A jolt of dried unripe grapes and two fistfuls — exactly two — of cilantro, and the soup is done, he said.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
She is dressed in a day gown the vivid hue of unripe persimmons.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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