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Vocabulary Entry
overripe
|adjective • verb
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A
adjective
describes fruit or vegetables that are too ripe and beginning to decay.
Example Sentences
"The overripe bananas were brown and mushy."
"I avoid buying overripe tomatoes because they lose their flavor."
"We had to throw away the overripe peaches that started to smell sour."
V
verb
to cause fruit or vegetables to become excessively ripe.
Example Sentences
"If you leave the apples in the sun too long, they will overripe."
"The summer heat can make the berries overripe in just a few days."
"She forgot about the fruits, and they overripe before she could use them."