undergrown
Not fully grown
Undergrown describes something that has not grown to its expected or normal size—stunted or underdeveloped: The undergrown saplings struggled in the shade of older trees.
The word applies to plants, animals, or people who remain smaller than typical for their age or kind.
Less common than its opposite, overgrown.
Made to appear smaller
- undersizedSmaller than standard
- stuntedArrested in development
- runtedAbnormally small, underdeveloped
- smallLimited in size
diminutive · short · tiny · compact · miniature · shrunken · puny · scrubby
dwarfed
Made to appear smaller
- undersizedSmaller than standard
- stuntedArrested in development
- runtedAbnormally small, underdeveloped
small · diminutive · short · tiny · compact · miniature · shrunken · puny · scrubby · scrawny
underdeveloped
Insufficiently grown or advanced
young · premature · nascent · embryonic · incipient · fledgling · budding · rudimentary · incomplete · unfinished
shrubby
Having bush-like growth
- bushyGrowing densely outward
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
thicket · bramble · scrub · brush · tangled · weedy · creeping · spreading · low-lying · matted
undergrownovergrown
Excessively covered in vegetation
full-grown · oversized · outgrown · full-size · large
undergrownthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · vigorous · well-developed · lush · luxuriant
- underground networksHidden interconnected systems below
- go undergroundEscape detection by hiding
- underground economyUnreported commercial activity
- underground movementSecret organized opposition
- going undergroundDescending beneath earth's surface
- underground bunkerReinforced subterranean refuge