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overscale

American  
[oh-ver-skeyl] / ˈoʊ vərˈskeɪl /

adjective

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


Etymology

Origin of overscale

over- + scale 3

Example Sentences

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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

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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