overripe
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- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈraɪp/
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pasado
- Why are you giving me a bag of overripe mangoes?
- overripe fruit
Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
- Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
- Maybe like a slightly overripe cantaloupe.
Examples
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Heat rose from the sidewalk, bringing smells of fruit that were overripe and rotting.
Fiction book (1998) -
The tomato slice is succulent, and rich, flavorful and fiendishly overripe.
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Maybe like a slightly overripe cantaloupe.
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The room was hot, although cooler than the road had been, and smelled of overripe fruit.
Fiction book (1990) -
The papayas he had placed on the table were overripe and had begun to rot.
Fiction book (1998) -
A watery, yellowish liquid ran out of the opening, like the juice of an overripe peach.
Fiction book (1997) -
The air in the closet smelled like tobacco, overripe grapes, and allspice.
Fiction book (1994) -
This chimpanzee stumbles across a windfall of overripe plums.
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The tall, heavy door swung open into a dimness that smelled of incense and overripe fruit.
Fiction book (1997) -
The overripe apples fell from the tree and started to rot on the ground.
Antonyms
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word overripe comes from over- meaning 'too much' and ripe meaning 'ready to eat', like in overcook. So overripe literally means 'too ripe', and we use it for fruit that is starting to go soft or go bad.