under-ripe

A form of underripe — Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating.

OriginEnglish ripe ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunder-ripe (comparative more under-ripe, superlative most under-ripe)

comparative more under-ripe · superlative most under-ripe

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of underripe.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishripe
  13. Englishunder-ripe

From under- + ripe.

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APA

under-ripe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under-ripe

MLA

“under-ripe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under-ripe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “under-ripe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under-ripe.

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