overgrown
adjEtymology From over- + grown.
1
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
2
Derogatory, Mildly Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character.
- He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.
- Derived terms
- nonovergrown, overgrownness