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• a  not fully developed or mature; not ripe
  unripe fruit
• s  not fully prepared

• In the unripe oranges I found the so-called provitamin that is, the product which, when the fruit ripens, develops into the vitamin.
• Never mind that some of these hybrids pack all the consistency and taste of an unripe cantaloupe; never mind that they may serve to decorate a salad but will do nothing to spice up .
• Farmers pace the dusty fields, eyeing their almond trees and grape vines, both heavy with unripe fruit, trying to decide which ones to allow to die.

• green
• unripened
• immature

• ripe

News & Articles

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• Weekend Plantings: Nasturtiums, Seed Packs for Kids, Firecracker Plant
  I've never understood why nasturtiums aren't more popular with Central Florida gardeners. These annuals grow in sun or light shade, thrive in our sandy soil and display colorful, fragrant flowers that are edible. In addition, nasturtiums feature distinctive round, bright-green, long-stalked leaves that are edible when young and are used to add a peppery flavor to salads. Even the unripe seedpods ...
  Sept. 13, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger

Quotes

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• Gilles Duceppe in Toronto Star
  It's not the fruit that's unripe. It's the entire tree that's rotten,Duceppe said. "After 141 years of Canadian Confederation the fruit's not ripe? There's a problem there." "We've heard them often tell us, 'Yup, the fruit's not...
• Jared Diamond in SitNews
  Somehow, parrots have made themselves relatively immune to plant poisons and bad tastes,Diamond wrote. "They specialize in eating seeds and unripe fruits, despite high concentrations of alkaloids and other toxins that would be...
• Alberto Cavalcanti in Independent
  Twentieth Century Fox sued on behalf of Temple, then aged eight, on the grounds that Greene had implied she played deliberately to "a public of licentious old men, ready to enjoy the fine flavour of such an unripe, charming little creature",...