overscale

American  

[oh-ver-skeyl] / ˈoʊ vərˈskeɪl /

adjective

1. larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.

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Etymology

Origin of overscale

over- + scale ³

Example Sentences

And Audrey II and company made their Broadway debut in an overscale, anodyne 2003 production.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2019

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

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

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