unripe

unripe

adjective

Definition of UNRIPE

lacking in adult experience or maturity <unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder>

Synonyms adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened

Related Words babyish, childish, infantile, infantilized, infantine; boyish, girlish, juvenescent, kiddish, young, youngish, youthful; maidenly, virginal; ingenuous, innocent, naive (or na{iuml}ve), tender; unknowing, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried

Near Antonyms advanced, precocious; knowing, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

Antonyms adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe