Unripe
Unripe adjective - Lacking in adult experience or maturity.
Usage example: unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
Young is a synonym for unripe in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Young" instead an adjective "Unripe", when it comes to topics like green, immature.
Nearby Word: unripeness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Also has the distinction of raising up, and protecting to a certain degree, young fighters he thinks might give him a good fight in the future — he calls them "unripe fruit", although there are hints of a, uhm, somewhat unhealthier interest in them as well.
Source: Blood Knight / Anime and Manga
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Young and Unripe. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/unripe/young
Unripe & Young. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/unripe/young>.
Young or Unripe. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/unripe/young.
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