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
These early albums are a little unripe in places, but there are signs of the writer Carpenter would become.
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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
Nothing but complaints about acne, mosquitos, unripe fruit.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
There is not much to be gained by Washington’s doing more in the region right now, especially if more is defined in terms of large, prolonged military interventions designed to remake societies decidedly unripe for democracy.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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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
Nothing but complaints about acne, mosquitos, unripe fruit.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
There is not much to be gained by Washington’s doing more in the region right now, especially if more is defined in terms of large, prolonged military interventions designed to remake societies decidedly unripe for democracy.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
See All Example Sentences for unripe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unripe
Adjective
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He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After reaming her besties out for having not changed at all since their teen years, Laurie reverts back to her adolescent self.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.—
Emily Mullin,
Wired News,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At 35, the Illinois native is the band’s youngest member.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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Amaechi makes the case that a positive experience of sport can lead to much more than a healthy lifestyle and a sense of community, especially since the notion of emotional stoicism has paralyzed so many young men.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 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 14 Apr. 2025.
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