overscale

overscale

English

Etymology

    From over- + scale.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -eɪl

    Adjective

    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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