"ripe" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it as an adjective to describe something that is fully mature or developed, or something that is ready for use or consumption. For example: "The apples on the tree were ripe and ready to pick."
This is wholly disproportionate and ripe for challenge.
More recently, an influx of Slovakian Romas has seen the area characterised as a boiling pot, ripe for Oldham-style riots.
Such projects show that aid can be effective, says Kaberuka, who believes the time is ripe for "smart aid", which leverages further resources from the private sector.
Sophie's stone features the dove of peace with its olive branch, two ripe bunches of grapes – "also because, later, she loved wine" – and a small, subtly carved background of rolling hills and cypress trees.
Cookeathope, via GuardianWitness Serves 6-8 125g raw virgin solid coconut oil 3-4 tbsp honey 125g desiccated coconut 2 ripe bananas 60g cocoa powder 1 ripe mango, peeled and thinly sliced 2 ripe passionfruit, pulped 1 In a small saucepan, gently melt 50g of oil.
But with Greek Cypriots only just emerging from their worst economic crisis in decades and Turkey keen for a foreign policy success, the time is also ripe.
The mango sort is one of my favourites, ripe mangoes being inextricably linked in my mind with India, but the recipe below is versatile enough to work with most fruits, or no fruit at all.
Serves 4 8 chicken thighs, skin on 2 ripe but firm peaches 250g cooked freekeh 1 medium radicchio, broken into leaves 1 spring onion, finely chopped 4tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1tsp honey leaves of 6 tarragon sprigs 20g pistachios, lightly crushed 150ml water Sea salt Black pepper Bone the thighs if necessary and lay them flat, skin-side up.
On top of that, heat and drought also create conditions ripe for wildfires; another major problem for California.
In the northern rivers region of NSW, the conditions are ripe for a move against the Coalition incumbent, likewise in the federal seat of Parkes.
Collectively, these ballets are the Diaghilev crown jewels, but there are many other works in the repertory whose original choreography has been lost, but whose materials are just as ripe for recycling.
