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
Cooler temperatures decrease the pace of ripening. Firm, unripe, uncut avocados should be stored at room temperature (68° to 75°F), the Hass Avocado Board and Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager agree.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024
Scoring one is like winning the lottery May 7, 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
Growing Conditions: Full sun, regular water in well-draining soil
Size: Up to 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide in a container
Zones: 8–11
Ingesting the unripe fruit and leaves of lantana is toxic to dogs, cats, and livestock.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024
Scoring one is like winning the lottery May 7, 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
Growing Conditions: Full sun, regular water in well-draining soil
Size: Up to 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide in a container
Zones: 8–11
Ingesting the unripe fruit and leaves of lantana is toxic to dogs, cats, and livestock.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
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People with leukemia often have a high number of immature white blood cells called myeloblast, which are not usually present in the blood.Doru Paul, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
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These immature cells can develop into different types of blood cells, including white blood cells (WBCs), central to immune function.8 Getting sufficient and consistent sleep can help make your body more resistant to disease and infection.Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
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During the early years of the coronavirus pandemic, an expansion of the federal child tax credit led to dramatic reductions in adolescent poverty.Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Center specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry after graduating from medical school.Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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The Tulsa Shootout is a major event in the micro sprint racing world, drawing young drivers from all over the United States to compete.Lydia Mee, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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There are going to be some very big paycheques with his name on them in the not very distant future, as Brad watches any upcoming cap increases disappear like an extra large pizza into the jaws of a hungry young man ...Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The skinny on capers For the uninitiated, capers are the unripened, pea-sized buds of the prickly caper bush, or Capparis spinosa.Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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In addition to being tasty (locals fry the plant’s unripened flower heads in olive oil and garlic, and add them to omelets, meat and chickpea dishes), akkoub is rich in calcium and iron.Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
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