unripened
- adjective
- /ʌnˈraɪpənd/
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- "But Alice saw it mostly "to hide the shock of indecency he felt "when he lay his eyes on the young, "unripened bodies of his female pupils.
- green and unripened
Examples
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Store unripened avocados at room temperature until they are ready to eat.
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Most strongly encouraged me to hang onto the tomatoes, though one reader demurred, noting that any unripened vegetable makes a nice addition to the compost heap.
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It became common to see people picking through abandoned fields that had been lost to flood, eating unripened or rotten plants straight out of the mud.
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This recipe is perfect when you want to make guacamole but only have hard, unripened avocados.
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You should avoid eating unripened tomatoes as they can be toxic if consumed in large amounts.
Synonyms
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2.1
Not fully ripe, as fruit or wood
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3.0
Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal
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2.7
Not fully grown and not ready to eat or use
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3.9
Not fully grown or ready to eat, often for fruit
Antonyms
How Ripe
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Morphology
Etymology
Unripened is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and ripen meaning 'to become ripe', as when fruit gets sweet and ready to eat. So unripened means 'not yet ripe' or 'not fully ready to eat'.