unripe

Example Sentences

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Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, which means a robot must carefully select ripe fruit while leaving unripe ones untouched.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

Leaves, twigs and unripe berries contain toxins that can cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

A jolt of dried unripe grapes and two fistfuls — exactly two — of cilantro, and the soup is done, he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

There was little to eat: a few fruits here and there, always either unripe or worm-rotten.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park