🍇 Too ripe 🧑‍🏫 Acting older

overmature

6.8

Past the best time to eat or use, so it is less good

adjective
/ˌoʊvərˈmætʃər/

: sobremaduro

Overmature vegetables often lose their flavor and texture, making them less appealing to cook with.

Examples

The cheese was left to age too long and became overmature for most people's taste.
The fruit became overmature and started to rot.
The grapes were overmature and had lost their best flavor.
If vegetables become overmature, their texture and taste often decline.
This cheese is overmature and not suitable for eating.
The chef decided to discard the overmature peaches, which had become soft and unappetizing.
The farmer noticed that his overmature corn had started to dry out, rendering it unsuitable for sale.

Synonyms

overaged

vsovermature

1 6.0

Too old to be useful for a certain purpose

is about passing ideal maturity and becoming less useful

overage

vsovermature

1 6.7

Too old to be allowed or useful for a particular purpose

focuses on passing ideal maturity rather than strict age rules

surplus to requirements

vsovermature

6.1

More than needed and no longer useful

concerns loss of usefulness from passing optimal maturity rather than being simply extra

Antonyms

premature

120 4.5

Happening before the usual time or before it is ready

optimal

62 5.7

Best or most suitable for a particular situation

How Mature

decayed

1 3.9

overmature

6.8

mature

64 3.4

immature

15 3.0

developing

3.7

Surface Forms

overmature positive

overmaturer comparative

overmaturest superlative

Morphology

overmature = mature (transparent) = over + mature

Meaning 'excessively mature' is directly derived from the productive prefix 'over-' plus the adjective 'mature', so the sense is predictable.

Etymology

Overmature comes from the parts over- meaning 'too much' and mature meaning 'ripe' or 'fully grown'. So when fruit, cheese, or vegetables are overmature, they are 'too ripe' and often lose their best flavor.