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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Your daughter’s boyfriend is an overgrown child.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
The visual opens with a scene of a grey, dystopian city in ruins, with thunder cracking and ominous black birds soaring over crumbling buildings overgrown with vegetation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Removing overgrown stems will allow the root system to concentrate on producing new growth.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
The visual opens with a scene of a grey, dystopian city in ruins, with thunder cracking and ominous black birds soaring over crumbling buildings overgrown with vegetation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Removing overgrown stems will allow the root system to concentrate on producing new growth.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 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 2 Dec. 2025.
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