1. the state or quality of being unripe; not fully developed or mature

Examples

• The unripeness of the tomatoes made them unsuitable for the salad.
• You can taste the unripeness in these green bananas.
• The fruit’s unripeness was evident from its hard texture.
• Due to their unripeness, the peaches were quite sour.
• The unripeness of the avocados meant we had to wait another week.
• She could detect the unripeness of the strawberries by their pale color.