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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Catch up quick: Bayou Phoenix plans to transform the overgrown site in New Orleans East into a bustling, $500 million complex with youth sports fields, hotels, shops, a movie studio and a waterpark.
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
The two-story house boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms and is currently covered by a web of persistent vines; there’s also a separate guesthouse and pool, in addition to a (currently) overgrown garden.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The problem was that, like many other overgrown trusts of the era, its financial condition was opaque to its investors and even its bankers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
The two-story house boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms and is currently covered by a web of persistent vines; there’s also a separate guesthouse and pool, in addition to a (currently) overgrown garden.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The problem was that, like many other overgrown trusts of the era, its financial condition was opaque to its investors and even its bankers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overgrown. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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