overscale
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overscale
Example Sentences
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In niches along the way sit a Salvador Dalí chair and the iconic overscale banquette from which countless guests have started taking selfies.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2019
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
Much of the collection, however, consists of overscale work, not the kind of thing that’s easy to display at home.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2010
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