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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Part of the money paid for a California Conservation Corps crew to create a 100-foot buffer of defensive space, removing and trimming trees and overgrown brush on the 3.25-acre lot, and installing a ring of river rock as hardscape around the home.
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Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Additionally, if the plant grows well but becomes overgrown, consider cutting it back.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
Her small, walled-in back garden was lush with overgrown ferns and an apple tree.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Staff and volunteers routinely remove overgrown sand pines to create bare sand areas with low-growing vegetation preferred by scrub jays.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Additionally, if the plant grows well but becomes overgrown, consider cutting it back.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
Her small, walled-in back garden was lush with overgrown ferns and an apple tree.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Staff and volunteers routinely remove overgrown sand pines to create bare sand areas with low-growing vegetation preferred by scrub jays.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overgrown. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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