unripe

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adjective

Not ripe.

“unripe fruit”

Similar
greenunripenedimmatureunagedunready
Opposite
ripe
OriginOld English unrīpe →
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Meanings

adjectiveunripe (comparative unriper, superlative unripest)

comparative unriper · superlative unripest

  1. Not ripe.

    unripe fruit

  2. Developing too early; premature.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
ripe

adjectivenot fully developed or mature; not ripe

Similar
greenunripenedimmatureunaged

adjectivenot fully prepared

Similar
unready
Also see
crudegreenimmatureunagedunreadyunripened

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishunrīpe
  2. Englishunripe

From Old English unrīpe. Equivalent to un- + ripe.

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Translations

Bulgarian неузрял, незрял
  • неузрял (neuzrjal)not ripe
  • незрял (nezrjal)premature
Czech nezralý
  • nezralýnot ripe
Danish umoden, umoden
  • umodennot ripe
  • umodenpremature
Finnish kypsymätön, raaka
  • kypsymätönnot ripe
  • raakanot ripe
  • ennenaikainenpremature
German unreif
  • unreifnot ripe
Greek άγουρος, ανώριμος
  • άγουρος (ágouros)not ripe
  • ανώριμος (anórimos)not ripe
Hungarian éretlen
  • éretlennot ripe
Indonesian muda, hijau
  • mudanot ripe
  • hijaunot ripe
Italian acerbo
  • acerbonot ripe
Latin immītis
  • immītisnot ripe
Māori kaiota, kānewha
  • kaiotanot ripe
  • kānewhanot ripe
  • matanot ripe
Norwegian Bokmål umoden
  • umodennot ripe
Persian کال, نارس
  • کال (kâl)not ripe
  • نارس (nâras)not ripe
  • روچه (rowče)not ripe
Polish niedojrzały, zielony
  • niedojrzałynot ripe
  • zielonypremature
Portuguese verde, verde
  • verdenot ripe
  • verdepremature
Romanian necopt, crud
  • necoptnot ripe
  • crudnot ripe
Russian незре́лый, неспе́лый
  • незре́лый (nezrélyj)not ripe
  • неспе́лый (nespélyj)not ripe
  • недозре́лый (nedozrélyj)not ripe
  • зелёный (zeljónyj)not ripe
Spanish inmaduro, royo
  • inmaduronot ripe
  • royonot ripe
  • tiernonot ripe
  • verdenot ripe
  • prematuropremature
Swedish omogen, omogen
  • omogennot ripe
  • omogenpremature
Tagalog hilaw, putot
  • hilawnot ripe
  • putotnot ripe
Thai ห่าม, ดิบ
  • ห่าม (hàam)not ripe
  • ดิบ (dìp)not ripe
Ukrainian незрі́лий, неспі́лий
  • незрі́лий (nezrílyj)not ripe
  • неспі́лий (nespílyj)not ripe

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unripe

typepipeskyperipestripehypewipeTrueTypegripeswipesnipeOpenTyperetypestipesipeWeippereed pipeyipe
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Anagrams

purinePuneri
Cite this entry
APA

unripe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unripe

MLA

“unripe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unripe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unripe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unripe.

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