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overscale

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

adjective

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


Etymology

Origin of overscale

over- + scale 3


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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

The problem is that, as objective correlatives go, it’s so overscale it doesn’t really correlate.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 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

But Ms. Wilson, with her offhand intensity and overscale features — dramatically wide lips, piercing blue-gray eyes, architectural eyebrows — was more than holding her own in the rehearsal studio.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2014

Admirers of those films may find this one crude and overscale by comparison.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2013

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