overscale
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overscale
Example Sentences
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But simply putting two overscale rodents onstage to comment on the foibles of their human counterparts does not make as much of a difference as Mr. Giles must have hoped.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
The problem is that, as objective correlatives go, it’s so overscale it doesn’t really correlate.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2017
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
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
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
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