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
Papaya trees dot their small cattle farm on which the property sits, so Rodríguez takes advantage of the vegetal unripe fruits in a twist on classic Mexican jalapeños en escabeche.
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Ingrid Merary Rodríguez Luna, Saveur, 26 Feb. 2025
Flavors include unripe pears and the mid palate has a honeyed varnish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
These early albums are a little unripe in places, but there are signs of the writer Carpenter would become.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
For centuries Champagne producers set large crops, harvested unripe fruit and bolstered their lackadaisical vineyard efforts by adding copious amounts of sugar (dosage), with uniformity and consistency being the goal.
—Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ingrid Merary Rodríguez Luna, Saveur, 26 Feb. 2025
Flavors include unripe pears and the mid palate has a honeyed varnish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
These early albums are a little unripe in places, but there are signs of the writer Carpenter would become.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
For centuries Champagne producers set large crops, harvested unripe fruit and bolstered their lackadaisical vineyard efforts by adding copious amounts of sugar (dosage), with uniformity and consistency being the goal.
—Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unripe
Adjective
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After hatching, the immature cicadas or nymphs spend 17 or 13 years underground, feeding on roots, then emerge during the spring and transform into adult cicadas.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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And babies younger than six months old—who are ineligible for vaccination because of their immature immune system—have the highest rates COVID hospitalization after adults aged 75 and older.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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With its whip-smart satire and adolescent vulnerability, the movie catapulted Williamson into the Hollywood spotlight.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
19 June 2025
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Researchers reviewing camera trap footage from a remote island off Panama found that a group of adolescent capuchin monkeys were routinely kidnapping baby howler monkeys and carrying them around like accessories.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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But the real treat for me was meeting all these young people who are so extraordinary.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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Less is known about Winchester’s younger sister Isabel Merriman, an active force in the rural community that predated Los Altos who fought for causes from animal welfare to child protection.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Equally delicious is her banana cou cou, smashed unripened banana topped with lamb gravy.—
Patrick Scott,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Unripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unripe. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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