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Unripe

UNRI'PE, adjective

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.]

First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Job 15:33