overscale
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overscale
Example Sentences
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Because Hibler is passionate about food and design, Yantrasast designed an overscale kitchen so that multiple people can cook at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2017
The garments were emphatically overscale, like much of Mr. LaMaar’s sumptuous output, a selection of coats, shapely dresses and sweaters bearing the label 5:31 Jérôme.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015
But Ms. Wilson, with her offhand intensity and overscale features — dramatically wide lips, piercing blue-gray eyes, architectural eyebrows — was more than holding her own in the rehearsal studio.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2014
Admirers of those films may find this one crude and overscale by comparison.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2013
Much of the collection, however, consists of overscale work, not the kind of thing that’s easy to display at home.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2010
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