oversize

[adjective oh-ver-sahyz; noun oh-ver-sahyz]

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adjective Also o·ver·sized.

of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
of a size larger than is necessary or required.

noun

something that is oversize; an oversize article or object.
a size larger than the proper or usual size.

Origin of oversize

First recorded in 1605–15; over- + size¹

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Examples from the Web for oversized

Contemporary Examples

Everyone remembers it as a kid—when long parades of oversized trucks rolled into town to set up camp in a field.
How the Circus Got a Social Conscience
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She holds a young girl closely inside her oversized fur coat; both gaze into lens.
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They seem, at best, like damaged children, trying on the oversized identities of those who create and accomplish in real life.
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July 21, 2014
Swimming in an oversized blue blazer and dirty black Uggs, she stops eating to wipe away the sweat on her forehead.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction
Abby Haglage
May 4, 2014
And there's something supernatural—something sinister—about his oversized blue eyes.
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April 14, 2014

Historical Examples

There was a rumbling hum, as of an oversized washing-machine in operation.
The Ambulance Made Two Trips
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Matt glanced up at an electric clock with an oversized second hand.
The Raid on the Termites
Paul Ernst
The inverted semicolon is represented as an oversized semicolon ;.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250
Various
She realized Quillan was on his feet beside her, the oversized gun in his hand.
Legacy
James H Schmitz
And she patted the oversized pocketbook that lay in her lap.
Double Take
Richard Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for oversized

oversize

adjective (ˌəʊvəˈsaɪz)

Also: oversized larger than the usual size

noun (ˈəʊvəˌsaɪz)

a size larger than the usual or proper size
something that is oversize

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for oversized

adj.

1788, past participle adjective from oversize "make too large" (1670s), from over- + size (v.).

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Examples from the Web for oversized

Contemporary Examples

Everyone remembers it as a kid—when long parades of oversized trucks rolled into town to set up camp in a field.

She holds a young girl closely inside her oversized fur coat; both gaze into lens.

They seem, at best, like damaged children, trying on the oversized identities of those who create and accomplish in real life.

Swimming in an oversized blue blazer and dirty black Uggs, she stops eating to wipe away the sweat on her forehead.

And there's something supernatural—something sinister—about his oversized blue eyes.

Historical Examples

There was a rumbling hum, as of an oversized washing-machine in operation.

Matt glanced up at an electric clock with an oversized second hand.

The inverted semicolon is represented as an oversized semicolon ;.

She realized Quillan was on his feet beside her, the oversized gun in his hand.

And she patted the oversized pocketbook that lay in her lap.

oversize

Word Origin and History for oversized

adj.

Origin of oversize