unripe

Synonyms for unripe

adj raw

Antonyms for unripe

Word Origin & History

Old English unripe "premature" (in reference to death), from un- (1) "not" + ripe. Meaning "immature, not fully developed (of fruit, etc.) is recorded from mid-13c. Cf. Middle Dutch onrijp, Old High German unrifi, German unreif.

Example Sentences for unripe

East Indian is more highly charged with unripe cotton than American.

They must be of the sour kind but, as said, they must not be unripe.

Green apples and other unripe fruits are not yet ready to be eaten.

You can tell this by the difference in the taste of ripe and unripe apples.

What is the use of feeding people with unripe or half-baked stuff?

Either it was unripe or else had begun to rot in the centre.

In this condition it is called "green," unripe or not cured.

What scholar is not a sufferer from this form of unripe virtue?

The young Quaker looked as if he had been offered an unripe persimmon.

The unripe carpels are sometimes pickled, and used as a substitute for capers.

unripe

Synonyms for unripe

Antonyms for unripe

green

immature

indigestible

infant/infantile

juvenile

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Antonyms for unripe

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green

immature

indigestible

infant/infantile

juvenile

Synonyms for unripe

callow