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ungrown

ungrown

3.9
Not yet fully developed or ready
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɡroʊn/
translation icon : no crecido
  • We need to nurture the ungrown trees until they can provide shade in the summer.

Examples

  • I do still have this tiny little circle of of ungrown patch.

  • It was Charlie's own question; his answer was that he wasn't a grown man; he was a grown boy, or maybe an ungrown man, pre-grown, never to be grown.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The garden is filled with ungrown plants that will soon blossom into beautiful flowers.

  • Many ungrown vegetables are still in the seedling stage, waiting to mature.

Synonyms

unformed
vsungrown
4 5.4

Not fully developed or given a clear shape

focuses on not reaching full size or maturity rather than missing organization
undeveloped
vsungrown
3 4.2

Ideas or skills not fully formed and needing more work

focuses on not reaching full size rather than progress or refinement
unripe
vsungrown
3 2.7

Not fully grown and not ready to eat or use

focuses on not reaching full size or maturity rather than readiness

Antonyms

grown
1 1.0

An animal or person that has reached full size and is an adult

matured
2.6

A plant or food that is fully grown and ripe and at its best quality

How Grown

grown
1 1.0
adolescent
50 3.4
young
∞ 1.0
ungrown
3.9
undeveloped
11 4.1

Surface Forms

ungrown positive

Morphology

ungrown = grown (transparent) = un + grown

Meaning is directly derived from the adjective 'grown' with the productive negative prefix 'un-'.

Etymology

Ungrown is made from un- meaning 'not' and grown (from grow) meaning 'to get bigger or develop'. So ungrown literally means 'not grown' and is an easy way to remember it describes something not fully grown or developed.