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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This includes landscaping maintenance, such as overgrown plants, poorly draining lawns, and aging deck support.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2025
Plans are in the works to burn around 300 acres of an overgrown meadow used for cattle grazing on the Viejas tribal reservation near Alpine.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Now it was overgrown and broken away in places, all but impassable even to horses.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
The chief villain of Brave New World is the Leader (Tim Blake Nelson), a classic Hulk nemesis from the comic books whose overgrown brain appears to have pushed its way out through his skull.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2025
Plans are in the works to burn around 300 acres of an overgrown meadow used for cattle grazing on the Viejas tribal reservation near Alpine.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Now it was overgrown and broken away in places, all but impassable even to horses.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
The chief villain of Brave New World is the Leader (Tim Blake Nelson), a classic Hulk nemesis from the comic books whose overgrown brain appears to have pushed its way out through his skull.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Feb. 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 5 Mar. 2025.
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