unripeness
Lacking full development
Unripeness is the state of not being ripe—of fruit, vegetables, or other produce that hasn't yet reached maturity.
The word extends to anything premature or underdeveloped: the unripeness of his judgment, the unripeness of the moment for such a decision.
Lack of prior exposure
- immaturityUndeveloped condition
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- naiveteInnocent lack of experience
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
greenness · premature · undeveloped · unformed · unseasoned · unfledged · inchoate · fledgling
inexperience
Lack of prior exposure
- immaturityUndeveloped condition
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- naiveteInnocent lack of experience
rawness · greenness · premature · undeveloped · unformed · unseasoned · unfledged · inchoate · fledgling · untested
green
Color of vegetation
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- immatureNot fully developed
- undevelopedNot fully formed
firm · hard · premature · young · raw · unformed · budding · incipient · nascent · germinating
tart
Sharp-flavored small pie
- sourSharp, biting taste
- acidicBelow neutral pH
- astringentTissue-contracting agent
tangy · bitter · sharp · acerbic · bracing · crisp · unsweetened · pungent · starchy · hard
unripenessripeness
Ready to eat state
maturity · overripeness · maturation · rottenness · decay
unripenessreadiness
State of being prepared
preparedness · completion · fullness · perfection · culmination
ripe, ripen, unripe, ripening, ripened, overripe, ripeness, ripest, riper