overscale

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Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ scale

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overscale (not comparable)

  1. Out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists
    • 2007 October 28, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Where Gods Yearn for Long-Lost Treasures”, in New York Times[1]:
      A wildly overscale concrete canopy juts over the main entry plaza.

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