Meaning & use
Overripe
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Having become too ripe, so that fruit or produce is past its best and beginning to spoil.
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The bananas on the counter had gone overripe and were perfect for banana bread.
The market discounted the overripe tomatoes at the end of the day.
A note on using this word
Can also be used figuratively to describe something excessive or overdone, as in 'overripe sentimentality.'
Words with a similar meaning
spoiledpast its prime
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Words with an opposite meaning
unripefresh
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