ungreen adjective 4verb 4forms 3 adjective4 •Not green.The ungreen emerald ring went round and round, and the ungreen emerald earrings swung: Thelma was working at the rim of her glass, too. — 1970 •Environmentally unfriendly; harmful to or inconsiderate of the environment.There are green products packaged in ungreen ways. Ungreen products wrapped in green ways. Green products from ungreen companies. And green companies making ungreen products. — 1991 •Having little or no vegetation or plant matter.It is funny for the seaside, it looks such a “house-ified' place, it's an ungreen seaside. — 1903 •Lacking sap or vitality; desiccated.She scorched the ungreen fields, starving men of the yields of each expected crop — 1981 verb4 •To expose to air after dyeing in indigo so that the greenish color fades away.When necessary to air and ungreen, by drawing the pulley the frame rises, and the cloth drains into the vat. — 1854 •To urbanize or become less environmentally friendly.The ungreening world insistently intrudes as natural fact, as cultural locus, and – so pastoral reminds us – as literary tradition. — 2015 •To change from green to some other color, as occurs with leaves in the autumn.Harvests are congratulated She is pleased with the sight, Sweet hard apples and Small ungreening leaves. — 2005 •To make or become familiar with and adept in handling a new environment.Freshmen are called greens, and a ceremony was (and perhaps is) used in ungreening them, and admitting them to their full academical privileges. — 1850 formsungreened · ungreening · ungreens
