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

Compared to Narcissus, he looked like an undergrown troll.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Scrubby second growths undergrown with bushes, roadside borders of trees and bushes, and the brushy margins of woods are all resorts of the Chestnut-side.

From What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season by Chapman, Frank M.