Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Too ripe.
- adjective Marked by decay or decline.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Too ripe; also, in an intensive use, more than ripe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Matured to excess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Excessively
ripe ;spoiled ;gone bad .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective too ripe and beginning to turn soft
Etymologies
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Examples
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Already fragile, only hours away from being classified as overripe, they bruised instantly.
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Already fragile, only hours away from being classified as overripe, they bruised instantly.
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Already fragile, only hours away from being classified as overripe, they bruised instantly.
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It was "overripe," to borrow the term Johan Huizinga used to describe late Medieval culture.
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It was "overripe," to borrow the term Johan Huizinga used to describe late Medieval culture.
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"overripe" stage, the cataract would be completely white and block vision.
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With those yellow fruits forgotten and overripe in your backpack, make muffins.
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With those yellow fruits forgotten and overripe in your backpack, make muffins.
Small Kitchen College: 5 Best Items to Steal From the Dining Hall (and Ways to Use Them All Week Long) Small Kitchen College 2011
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With those yellow fruits forgotten and overripe in your backpack, make muffins.
Small Kitchen College: 5 Best Items to Steal From the Dining Hall (and Ways to Use Them All Week Long) Small Kitchen College 2011
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With those yellow fruits forgotten and overripe in your backpack, make muffins.
Small Kitchen College: 5 Best Items to Steal From the Dining Hall (and Ways to Use Them All Week Long) Small Kitchen College 2011
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