adjective
noun
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something outsize, such as a garment or person
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(modifier) relating to or dealing in outsize clothes
an outsize shop
Etymology
Origin of outsize
Example Sentences
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The outsize nature of the production invites overacting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Investors won’t take the headline number at face value, as higher oil prices are the chief reason an outsize 0.4% increase in consumer prices is expected.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
But reading “Morning in Marin,” David Perlis’ history of the place and its outsize cultural influence for much of the 20th century, you get the sense it served as America’s leading countercultural way station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Jackson Hole symposium has taken on outsize importance in financial markets because Fed chairs have often used the keynote address as a staging ground for shifts in the central bank’s broader strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He visualized its probable progress with agonizing clearness-that one would start slowly, drop from ledge to ledge, trundle across the neck like an outsize steam roller.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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