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

Some Chinese consumers have complained that durians are arriving unripe.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

They were unripe and made her stomach ache.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer