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单词 unripe
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unripe

adjective

un·​ripe ˌən-ˈrīp How to pronounce unripe (audio)
1
: not ripe : immature
unripe fruit
2
: not ready : unprepared
unripe plans
unripeness noun

Synonyms

  • adolescent
  • callow
  • green
  • immature
  • inexperienced
  • juvenile
  • puerile
  • raw
  • unfledged
  • unformed
  • unripened
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Example Sentences

Bananas are green when unripe. unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
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Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

unripe

adjective

un·​ripe ˌən-ˈrīp How to pronounce unripe (audio)
: not ripe or mature

unripe

adjective

as in immature
lacking in adult experience or maturity unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • immature
  • inexperienced
  • adolescent
  • unripened
  • young
  • green
  • juvenile
  • unformed
  • unfledged
  • callow
  • puerile
  • raw
  • youthful
  • childish
  • infantile
  • infantine
  • wet behind the ears
  • naive
  • babyish
  • innocent
  • girlish
  • boyish
  • youngish
  • infantilized
  • maidenly
  • untried
  • virginal
  • unsophisticated
  • unseasoned
  • ingenuous
  • untrained
  • kiddish
  • tender
  • juvenescent
  • unknowing
  • naïve

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ripe
  • mature
  • experienced
  • adult
  • advanced
  • precocious
  • grown-up
  • worldly
  • sophisticated
  • knowing
  • savvy
  • worldly-wise
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