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overgrown

[oh-ver-grohn, oh-ver-grohn] / ˌoʊ vərˈgroʊn, ˈoʊ vərˌgroʊn /
ADJECTIVE
grown to an unnatural size
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ADJECTIVE
grown without being tended
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ADJECTIVE
wild
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Antonyms
STRONGEST


Example Sentences

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The garden was overgrown and the kitchen smelled musty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

A market dip is a prime opportunity to shave back overgrown allocations at a lower tax cost.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

That facility, now largely overgrown and covered with opaque fencing, still needs electricity after the destruction of its power lines and an on-site utility building.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Stewart did not refrain from expressing this opinion in the saltiest terms on-air, especially to Carlson, the show’s co-host who was cast as the overgrown college Republican with odious views and a polka dot bowtie.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Past Portland and the first exits for Freeport, Dad helpedSookie navigate a series of country roads overgrown with bushes and trees that blocked my view to the water.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen