overscale
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overscale
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And Audrey II and company made their Broadway debut in an overscale, anodyne 2003 production.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2019
The new zoning, they fear, may usher in overscale construction in the open spaces they cherish.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
