underripe

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adjective

Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating.

“The underripe pears tasted fine, but were still a little crunchy.”

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

adjectiveunderripe (comparative more underripe, superlative most underripe)

comparative more underripe · superlative most underripe · alternative underipe · alternative under-ripe

  1. Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating.

    The underripe pears tasted fine, but were still a little crunchy.

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. Englishunderripe

From under- + ripe.

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Translations

Bulgarian недозрял
  • недозрял (nedozrjal)not yet ripe
Dutch onrijp
  • onrijpnot yet ripe
Finnish raaka
  • raakanot yet ripe
Swedish omogen
  • omogennot yet ripe

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

underpier
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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