overripe
Origin of overripe
1Other words from overripe
- o·ver·ripe·ly, adverb
- o·ver·ripe·ness, noun
Words Nearby overripe
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How to use overripe in a sentence
This can have its benefits—like when I make banana bread from overripe bananas—but it also has drawbacks.
Why you should—or shouldn’t—DIY discontinued Hot Pockets | Purbita Saha | August 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceShe twists any and every random comment into an insult against her, her narcissism too overripe to yield any of vanity’s pleasures.
Dark comedy ‘Physical’ is a deliciously sour cocktail of sweat, tears and female aspiration | Inkoo Kang | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostIn fact, unlike with banana bread, overripe bananas don’t work as well here because they cause the cookies to spread too much.
Caramelized banana chocolate chunk cookies are the new best use for the rest of that bunch | Jesse Szewczyk | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostIn the case of higher ed, it is hitting a sector already overripe for disruption.
They looked too casual, like overripe delinquents sentenced to perpetual detention.
Republican Debate: Newt Gingrich Rolls Over, Plays Dead | Michelle Cottle | February 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Mupúlak (mapúlak) ang prutas ug labihan na sa kahinug, Fruits will fall when they are overripe.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. WolffIn an apple-tree a thrush was singing; the gooseberries were overripe; beet-roots were flowering everywhere.
Happy Days | Alan Alexander MilneAn overripe pineapple is just as unsatisfactory as one that is not ripe enough.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesFor canning purposes, only firm, fresh apricots and peaches that are not overripe should be selected.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesIn addition, the fruit should be thoroughly ripe, but not mushy nor overripe.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for overripe
/ (ˌəʊvəˈraɪp) /
(of food, cheese, etc) past the usual stage of being ready to eat or use
overused or overly sentimental and emotional: his love songs are overripe ballads
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