unripe
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2.7
- adjective
- /ʌnˈraɪp/
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- The unripe bananas sat on the counter, waiting for a few more days to reach their peak sweetness.
- unripe seeds
A lot of the ancient authors will talk about unripe fruit as being astringent.
- A lot of the ancient authors will talk about unripe fruit as being astringent.
- Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
- And many of us, we're eating unripe mangoes.
- The fiery Indian inspired flavours are accented with caraway and I'm sure an ingredient that comes from green unripe mangoes.
Examples
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Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
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The children would become hungry picking, eat the unripe fruit, and come home with stomachaches.
Academic text (2006) -
In the sharp and unripe morning light, a strange woman sat across from me.
Fiction book (2000) -
Americans and French buy them showing some color, but still a bit unripe.
Fiction book (1994) -
Oh, this is very unripe avocado.
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The pears were unripe.
Fiction book (1995) -
Unripe lemons are green.
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The idea today is to harvest Galas, sweet and juicy dessert apples, leaving behind the unripe fruit to be picked at a later time.
Fiction book (1999) -
Taste-wise, unripe green tomatoes bear little resemblance to their fully ripened counterparts.
Blog text (5) -
The fiery Indian inspired flavours are accented with caraway and I'm sure an ingredient that comes from green unripe mangoes.
Synonyms
67
2.1
Not fully ripe, as fruit or wood
15
3.0
Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal
1
3.9
Not fully grown or ready to eat, often for fruit
Not fully grown and not ready to eat, like green fruit and vegetables
Not yet fully developed or ready
Antonyms
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unripe is made of un- 'not' and ripe 'ready to eat', the same root as ripen. So unripe means 'not ready' or not fully developed, like a green fruit that still needs time to become sweet.