Unripe (Adjective)
Meaning 2
Not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The farmer picked the unripe peaches from the tree to make a batch of homemade jam.
- Fried green tomatoes are a Southern favorite made from unripe tomatoes that are breaded and fried.
- The woodworker discarded the unripe wood, deeming it too soft and pliable for the project.
- Unripe papayas can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable, but they are not sweet like the ripe ones.
- The hikers stumbled upon an unripe patch of wild berries that would need a few more weeks of sunshine to ripen.