Synonyms for unripe
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-rahyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈraɪp |
Définition of unripe
Origin :- Old English unripe "premature" (in reference to death), from un- (1) "not" + ripe. Meaning "immature, not fully developed (of fruit, etc.) is recorded from mid-13c. Cf. Middle Dutch onrijp, Old High German unrifi, German unreif.
- adj raw
- adj inexperienced
- East Indian is more highly charged with unripe cotton than American.
- Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
- They must be of the sour kind but, as said, they must not be unripe.
- Extract from : « The Italian Cook Book » by Maria Gentile
- Green apples and other unripe fruits are not yet ready to be eaten.
- Extract from : « Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes » by Jane Andrews
- You can tell this by the difference in the taste of ripe and unripe apples.
- Extract from : « Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes » by Jane Andrews
- What is the use of feeding people with unripe or half-baked stuff?
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- Either it was unripe or else had begun to rot in the centre.
- Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
- In this condition it is called "green," unripe or not cured.
- Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
- What scholar is not a sufferer from this form of unripe virtue?
- Extract from : « Outlines of Educational Doctrine » by John Frederick Herbart
- The young Quaker looked as if he had been offered an unripe persimmon.
- Extract from : « Heroes of To-Day » by Mary R. Parkman
- The unripe carpels are sometimes pickled, and used as a substitute for capers.
- Extract from : « Botany for Ladies » by Jane Loudon
Antonyms for unripe
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