overripe
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of food, cheese, etc) past the usual stage of being ready to eat or use
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overused or overly sentimental and emotional
his love songs are overripe ballads
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Example Sentences
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We’re all well-familiar with banana bread, which seems to be the number one suggested recipe for using up our overripe bananas.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
More than 125 years on, the newly reopened villa still feels overripe in the best way: rich, heady and slightly dangerous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“Boyfriend says it has aromatics of slightly overripe banana,” one Reddit user, leemoongrass, commented, adding, “It honestly isn’t that bad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
The process is simple: the overripe bananas are peeled, cut into small pieces, weighed, and mixed with sugar, yeast, raisins, water and covered with lemons.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
There is a pile of overripe fruits and vegetables on the floor.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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