unripe
Use Unripe in a sentence
adjective
1.
not ripe; immature; not fully developed: unripe fruit.
2.
too early; premature.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not fully matured |
| 2. | not fully prepared or developed; not ready |
| 3. | obsolete premature or untimely |
| unripened or unripened | |
| —adj | |
| un'ripeness or unripened | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Toxins in unripe fruit or the seeds and rind of ripe fruit can cause a fatal drop in blood sugar.
It doesn't allow you to choose ripe, harvestable truffles, so you'll rake up immature and unripe ones.
The district court held that the plaintiff's takings claims were unripe and dismissed the action.
The fruit is unripe when the jelly is white and is spoiled when the jelly is brown.
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