overgrown
adjective
over·grown
ˌō-vər-ˈgrōn 
: grown abnormally or excessively large
dismissed him as an overgrown adolescent
Examples of overgrown in a Sentence
The garden is overgrown with weeds.
He acts like an overgrown child.
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An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline.
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Amid the overgrown greenery, a puppet girl wearing a sweater hood sways gently on a wooden swing, as if caught between stillness and life.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Larry shed two pounds of weight during his makeover, which saw a grooming team shaving his overgrown hair that covered his eyes and was matted.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Amid the overgrown greenery, a puppet girl wearing a sweater hood sways gently on a wooden swing, as if caught between stillness and life.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Larry shed two pounds of weight during his makeover, which saw a grooming team shaving his overgrown hair that covered his eyes and was matted.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overgrown. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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