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overgrown

adjective B2
  1. Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
  2. 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.
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