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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The overgrown playground of the Kherson children's house (orphanage) where Russian forces allegedly took 46 children from, is seen on November 27, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Thinning an overgrown area or bush can prevent it from becoming a mosquito oasis.
—Sharon Liao, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
The bill’s most significant changes are the reforms made America’s overgrown social safety net, which was being defrauded and treated like a piggy bank.
—Thomas Aiello, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
The owners served iced tea and offered helpful horticultural advice
All the Howard Nursery businesses had vanished by early 2006, but overgrown remnants of some nursery gardens remain.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 28 July 2025
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Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Thinning an overgrown area or bush can prevent it from becoming a mosquito oasis.
—Sharon Liao, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
The bill’s most significant changes are the reforms made America’s overgrown social safety net, which was being defrauded and treated like a piggy bank.
—Thomas Aiello, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
The owners served iced tea and offered helpful horticultural advice
All the Howard Nursery businesses had vanished by early 2006, but overgrown remnants of some nursery gardens remain.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for overgrown
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overgrown. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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