overstuffed
Americanadjective
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stuffed or filled to excess.
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Furniture. having the entire frame covered by stuffing and upholstery, so that only decorative woodwork or the like is exposed.
an overstuffed sofa.
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filled with tedious or extraneous material; overlong.
an overstuffed biography.
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obese; corpulent.
an overstuffed man who was a compulsive eater.
Etymology
Origin of overstuffed
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Like many of you, I found myself in many overstuffed hotel lobbies and fully booked restaurants, on jammed streets and blocked-off avenues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The book can feel overstuffed, variously reproducing correspondence, memos, dreams, trial transcripts and even a snatch of sheet music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The song’s meter is odd, and its lines are overstuffed.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He included photos of Pinky, headless and forsaken, but safe amid piles of overstuffed filing boxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Rugs upon rugs, sofas and overstuffed chairs, all of them strewn with blankets.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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