as in immature
lacking in adult experience or maturity
unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
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Recent Examples of unripe
The aromatic base of Macabeo grapes gets its color from unripe green walnuts, macerated with 150 botanicals before being aged in oak for six months.
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Joseph Hernandez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
How To Tell If an Avocado Is Ripe Eat avocados when ripe, not unripe or overripe.
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Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
18 Sep. 2025
The female bores into the fig to lay its eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.
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Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
Store unripe peaches at room temp in a single layer; refrigerate or freeze ripe ones to extend freshness.
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Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unripe
Joseph Hernandez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
How To Tell If an Avocado Is Ripe Eat avocados when ripe, not unripe or overripe.
—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
18 Sep. 2025
The female bores into the fig to lay its eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.
—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
Store unripe peaches at room temp in a single layer; refrigerate or freeze ripe ones to extend freshness.
—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unripe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unripe
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His position is assumed, in turn, by the largest of the immature fish, who, thanks to the tragedy, finally gets to grow up.
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Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.
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The subtext beneath that statement is that Syd recognizes why Tina might be loath to take orders from a boss who is younger and, relative to Carmy, inexperienced in the business.
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Army investigations have repeatedly pointed to the same factors contributing to fatal training incidents including sleep deprivation, inadequate training and inexperienced leaders supervising high-risk exercises.
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Programming includes individual and family mental wellness counseling, lifestyle empowerment consultations, and adolescent nutritional consultations.
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At another section of the hospital, teens in hospital scrubs walked the quiet halls of the adolescent unit with their lunch trays.
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Still, younger investors are leading the charge for AI adoption.
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Most of those children are 3 years old and younger, USA TODAY has reported.
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Cottage cheese is a fresh, unripened cheese known for its mild and tangy flavor and distinctive curds.
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Benin explains that Drizzle is made with small unripened olives, harvested in the fall before the rainy season in Spain, where the olives are sourced, so there’s minimal water and oil inside.
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“Unripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unripe. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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