unripened
- adjective
- /ʌnˈraɪpənd/
- "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
Not fully ripe, as fruit or wood
Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal
Not fully grown and not ready to eat or use
Not fully grown or ready to eat, often for fruit
Antonyms
How Ripe
Surface Forms
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'.