Dictionary Definition
unripe adj
1 not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
"unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripened, immature] [ant: ripe]
2 not fully prepared
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪp
Adjective
- Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.
- Developing too early; premature.
Translations
not ripe
- Swedish: omogen
premature
- Swedish: omogen
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a bit previous, a novice at, a stranger to,
acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, adolescent, advanced, at half cock,
awkward, blankminded, budding, callow, crab, crabbed, dewy, dry, dumb, empty, empty-headed, far ahead,
fledgling, forward, fresh, gauche, green, green as grass, groping, growing, half-baked,
half-cocked, half-grown, hasty, ignorant, ill-considered,
ill-digested, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, immature, improper, impubic, impulsive, inane, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, inexperienced, infant, infelicitous, ingenuous, innocent, inopportune, intact, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, juicy, juvenile, know-nothing,
late, mal a propos,
malapropos, minor, mistimed, naive, nescient, new to, new-fledged,
not firm, off base, out of line, out of phase, out of time,
overhasty, oversoon, pickled, precipitate, precocious, premature, previous, pungent, raw, ripening, rushed, sappy, sec, simple, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, strange to, tart, tartish, tender, tentative, too early, too
late, too soon, unaccustomed to, unacquainted, unacquainted
with, unadult, unapprized, unbefitting, uncomprehending,
unconversant,
unconversant with, uncrystallized, underage, underripe, undeveloped, unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with,
unfavorable,
unfit, unfitting, unfledged, unformed, unfortunate, ungrown, unhandy, unhappy, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in,
unintelligent,
unjelled, unknowing, unlicked, unlucky, unmatured, unmeditated, unmellowed, unposted, unpracticed, unpracticed in,
unpremeditated,
unprepared, unpropitious, unready, unseasonable, unseasoned, unskilled in,
unsuitable, unsure, unsweet, unsweetened, untimely, untoward, untried, unused to, unversed, unversed in, vacuous, vernal, vinegarish, vinegary, virginal, wrong, youthful