overripe
adjective
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noun
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decadent, decayed, degenerate, effete, washed-up
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The tween was in the kitchen, whipping up a batch of banana chocolate chip muffins after spying two overripe bananas hanging from their hook. — Jeff Bogle, Good Housekeeping, "My Daughters are Ditching Their Big Dreams for Their Cell Phones," 8 Aug. 2019 Zendaya embodies a certain quality of listless nihilism with Rue, but her overripe narration represents Levinson’s most tin-eared writing. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "HBO's teen shock-soap Euphoria is sweeter than you think: EW review," 14 June 2019 Vines takes after the glowing green rainforest, where familiar houseplants thrive at Jurassic sizes; the fragrance skews earthy, with a hint of subtle fig, musk, and overripe citrus. — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, "That Scent Wafting Through the Whitney Museum’s New Exhibition? It's Your Next Perfume Obsession," 3 Aug. 2018 Classes in the curriculum focus on reducing food waste while creating healthy, flavorful dishes from ingredients like vegetable peels, overripe fruit, stale cake and obscure chicken parts. — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "Eating and Drinking Your Way Through A Trip, and Learning Something in the Process," 18 May 2018 Four perplexing, equally pointless slices of avocado on the side added nothing to the dish and had overripe brown spots to boot. — Kate Washington, sacbee, "Punch Bowl Social takes ‘eatertainment’ to a whole new level | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Mar. 2018 Not those overripe chunks of melon, slick grapes, and the odd, wilting berry. — Karen Palmer, Bon Appetit, "We're Living In an Era of Actually Good Fruit Salad," 17 May 2017 The sun becomes squashed, a misshapen piece of overripe fruit. — Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, "As the sun makes a star turn, America’s greatest observatory carries on," 11 Aug. 2017 Overripe Banana-Coffee Grounds Bread Active Time: 15 minutes Total time: 45 minutes Makes: 1 loaf This simple recipe brings together the hyperconcentrated flavors of overripe bananas and used coffee grounds. — Mads Refslund, WSJ, "Overripe Banana-Coffee Grounds Bread Recipe," 22 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overripe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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