overplucked

Excessively thinned brows

Overplucked describes eyebrows that have been shaped too aggressively by removing hair, leaving them unnaturally thin, sparse, or misshapen: Her overplucked brows never fully grew back.

The term sometimes extends to other contexts involving excessive removal—an overplucked chicken, an overplucked guitar string—but eyebrows dominate its usage.

eyebrows

tweezers

Pincerlike gripping instrument

  • sparseThinly scattered or distributed
  • browsHairy ridges above eyes
  • archCurved spanning structure

tweezing · threading · waxing · grooming · shaping · microblading · pencil · fill-in · powder · pomade

appearance

sparse

Thinly scattered or distributed

  • bareLacking any covering
  • thinSmall in diameter
  • wispyThin and insubstantial

scanty · patchy · gappy · uneven · asymmetrical · misshapen · overgroomed · stripped · denuded · threadbare

regret

overdone

Excessive in degree

restoration · regrowth · recovery · chagrin · mistake · remorse · excessive · sparse · rehabilitation · patience

Categories
Opposites
grooming intervention level

overpluckedunplucked

Not yet picked

natural · untouched · ungroomed · unshaped · wild

hair density/fullness

overpluckedbushy

Growing densely outward

full · thick · lush · dense · bold

Family

overplucking, overpluck

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G