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unripe

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not ripe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • unripe fruit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Developing too early; premature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not fully developed or mature; not ripe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unripe fruit
  • fried green tomatoes
  • green wood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: green, unripened, immature

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not fully prepared

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: cangë — not ripe
  • Armenian: խակ (xak) — not ripe
  • Armenian: չհասած (čʻhasac) — not ripe
  • Azerbaijani: kal — not ripe
  • Azerbaijani: yetişməmiş — not ripe
  • Azerbaijani: dəyməmiş — not ripe
  • Azerbaijani: göy — not ripe
  • Belarusian: няспе́лы (njaspjély) — not ripe
  • Bulgarian: неузрял (neuzrjal) — not ripe
  • Burmese: စိမ်း (cim:) — not ripe
  • Cebuano: hilaw — not ripe
  • Czech: nezralý — not ripe
  • Danish: umoden — not ripe
  • Dieri: karti — not ripe
  • Dolgan: буспатак (buspatak) — not ripe
  • German: unreif — not ripe
  • Greek: άγουρος (ágouros) — not ripe
  • Greek: ανώριμος (anórimos) — not ripe
  • Hungarian: éretlen — not ripe
  • Indonesian: muda — not ripe
  • Indonesian: hijau — not ripe
  • Ingrian: raaka — not ripe
  • Interlingua: immatur — not ripe
  • Italian: acerbo — not ripe
  • Javanese: nom — not ripe
  • Javanese: nèm — not ripe
  • Javanese: timur — not ripe
  • Javanese: mentah — not ripe
  • Lao: ດິບ (dip) — not ripe
  • Latin: immītis — not ripe
  • Lezgi: кал (kal) — not ripe
  • Māori: kaiota — not ripe
  • Māori: kānewha — not ripe
  • Māori: mata — not ripe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: umoden — not ripe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: umoden — not ripe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: umogen — not ripe
  • Old English: unrīpe — not ripe
  • Paraujano: yüü — not ripe
  • Pashto: اوم (um) — not ripe
  • Persian: کال (kâl) — not ripe
  • Persian: نارس (nâras) — not ripe
  • Persian: روچه (rowče) — not ripe
  • Polish: niedojrzały — not ripe
  • Portuguese: verde — not ripe
  • Romanian: necopt — not ripe
  • Romanian: crud — not ripe
  • Russian: незре́лый (nezrélyj) — not ripe
  • Russian: неспе́лый (nespélyj) — not ripe
  • Russian: недозре́лый (nedozrélyj) — not ripe
  • Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — not ripe
  • Sherbro: gbuthul — not ripe
  • Spanish: inmaduro — not ripe
  • Spanish: royo — not ripe
  • Spanish: tierno — not ripe
  • Spanish: verde — not ripe
  • Swedish: omogen — not ripe
  • Tagalog: hilaw — not ripe
  • Tagalog: putot — not ripe
  • Telugu: అపక్వము (apakvamu) — not ripe
  • Tetum: matak — not ripe
  • Thai: ห่าม (hàam) — not ripe
  • Thai: ดิบ (dìp) — not ripe
  • Ottoman Turkish: خام (ham) — not ripe
  • Ukrainian: незрі́лий (nezrílyj) — not ripe
  • Ukrainian: неспі́лий (nespílyj) — not ripe
  • Bulgarian: незрял (nezrjal) — premature
  • Danish: umoden — premature
  • Pashto: اوم (um) — premature
  • Polish: zielony — premature
  • Portuguese: verde — premature
  • Spanish: prematuro — premature
  • Swedish: omogen — premature