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Definition of "outsize" []

  • An unusual size, especially a very large size. (noun)
  • A garment of unusual size. (noun)
  • Unusually large, weighty, or extensive. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "outsize" in a sentence
  • "They do horrible things on the ridgeline, Karsh said, referring to outsize mansions built in the hills."
  • ""Everybody says that Ennahda is backed by money from the Arabian gulf," said Ahmed Ibrahim, the founder of the liberal Democratic Modernist Pole coalition, calling the outsize influence of foreign money a threat to Tunisia's "fragile democracy.""
  • "When the film finds itself inside Ken Adam's ingenious sets -- which recall his outsize designs from"
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