undergrown

Example Sentences

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The undergrown underdog could be Peter Parker before he became Spider-Man.

From Time • Jul. 22, 2011

They are all overgrown boys, designed to appeal to the undergrown boys who are this movie's prime audience.

From Time Magazine Archive

Are the Olympians being spiteful, leaving you with no company except this undergrown fool?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Compared to Narcissus, he looked like an undergrown troll.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

In those days, Santa Fé, New Mexico, was an undergrown, decrepit, out-at-elbows ancient hidalgo of a town, with not a scintillation of prosperity or grandeur about it, except the name of capital.

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)