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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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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

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

The movie has a lot of chasing, shouting and fighting, carried out in crowded, overscale frames without much regard for either action-film effectiveness or narrative coherence.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2012

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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