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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNRI'PE, a.
1. Not ripe; not mature; not brought to a state of perfection; as unripe fruit.
2. Not seasonable; not yet proper.
He fix'd his unripe vengeance to defer.
3. Not prepared; not completed; as an unripe scheme.
4. Too early; as the unripe death of Dorilaus. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe, unripened, immature] [ant: mature, ripe]
2: not fully prepared

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 13th century 1. not ripe ; immature <unripe fruit> 2. not ready ; unprepared <unripe plans> • unripeness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not ripe. Derivatives: unripeness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unripe Un*ripe", a. 1. Not ripe; as, unripe fruit. 2. Developing too early; premature. --Sir P. Sidney.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Unripe fruit or vegetables are not yet ready to eat. ? ripe ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Immature, green, crude. 2. Incomplete, immature, crude, unfinished.

Moby Thesaurus

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