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
Example Sentences
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The album is overstuffed, eccentric, kitsch, dramatic and a little bit exhausting.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
It can feel overstuffed, and some sections of this thematically arranged presentation can feel tenuously connected to the central idea of “what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The Times’ Joshua Rothkopf called it a “wildly ambitious, overstuffed city epic.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
They were surrounded by lashed-down piles of housing material, overstuffed bags, and trunks, many of them still bearing the logo of Brookhaven laboratory.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
She reached into her overstuffed backpack and pulled out a book.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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