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View definitions for unripe

unripe

adjective as in raw

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adjective as in inexperienced

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On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.

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Some Chinese consumers have complained that durians are arriving unripe.

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"It was unripe — there was no action by the EPA that Louisiana could challenge," said Kron.

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Verjus is a slightly sweet and acidic drink made from young, unripe grapes, also used in cooking.

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They scrape out the flesh of the unripe fruit and squeeze the pulp in a rolled leaf to extract a milky white juice.

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