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overlarge

British  
/ ˌəʊvəˈlɑːdʒ /

adjective

  1. excessively large

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But the personal car, even electrified, is an increasingly archaic idea — a hulking, overlarge, complicated piece of hardware that endures because people are trapped in a legacy infrastructure network.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022

And, in the evenings, gathered in their satisfying overlarge apartments, they drink wine from goblets with the ritual air of people taking communion.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2018

If you’ve got wrinkles, crinkles, smile lines, or overlarge pores, the iPhone X camera, and portrait mode, will highlight those details in all its 7-megapixel glory.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2017

Not long ago, my comic books felt as useless as those overlarge movie logo cups from fast-food places.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2013

The effect of the overlarge eye against his otherwise handsome face is both grotesque and amusing.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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