overstuffed
Americanadjective
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stuffed or filled to excess.
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Furniture. having the entire frame covered by stuffing and upholstery, so that only decorative woodwork or the like is exposed.
an overstuffed sofa.
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filled with tedious or extraneous material; overlong.
an overstuffed biography.
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obese; corpulent.
an overstuffed man who was a compulsive eater.
Etymology
Origin of overstuffed
Example Sentences
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At times, however, the prose can feel overstuffed, as if mirroring the abundance of the dictionary it celebrates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
While some have praised it as a feast, others have found it overstuffed, with some undercooked morsels behind the impressive presentation.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
It’s clearly a passion project, and like many passion projects, it can go overboard at times, grow overstuffed, not to say oversolemn — though solemnity, to be sure, is appropriate to the history.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
They were surrounded by lashed-down piles of housing material, overstuffed bags, and trunks, many of them still bearing the logo of Brookhaven laboratory.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
As Mr. Remora rummaged through an overstuffed drawer, Emily mouthed to her brother door.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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