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.
—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
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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.
—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
Adjective
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There’s so much regulation coming our way aimed at removing any sort of greenwashing, but even if that is successful, the customer is still immature.—
Elektra Kotsoni,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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On top of that, the immature grubs chew through grass roots and create dead patches in your lawn.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Another risk is infection from non-sterile equipment, which might happen if the procedure is done by inexperienced technicians or in non-medical settings, Hazan says.—
Erica Sweeney,
Time,
11 May 2026
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The other strong selling point is that the inexperienced videographer doesn't have to fiddle with a load of settings before recording.—
David Szondy
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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The film follows Dudley, an adolescent frog desperate to break free from the iron grip of his father Arthur, the mayor of frog town.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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But the idea at the heart of Curry Barker’s new horror film, Obsession, has an endearingly adolescent, back-to-basics simplicity.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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The 76ers have one of the best young backcourts in the league in Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe, and the expectations of the Philadelphia fan base are high.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Apart from the Syrian with the fire extinguisher, there were no young or middle-aged men.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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Cottage cheese is a fresh, unripened cheese known for its mild and tangy flavor and distinctive curds.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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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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“Unripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unripe. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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