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
Admirers of those films may find this one crude and overscale by comparison.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2013
These interminable sequences of overscale mayhem are kinetic and elaborate but almost entirely lacking in tension, grace or visual wit.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2011
She noted how the city had turned around in recent years by both not pursuing as many disruptive overscale Moses-style projects and by the organic regeneration of its neighborhoods and especially immigrant economy.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2010
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