overscaled

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adjective

Oversized; larger than the proper scale

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overscale
OriginEnglish scaled ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverscaled (comparative more overscaled, superlative most overscaled)

comparative more overscaled · superlative most overscaled

  1. Oversized; larger than the proper scale

    There are several obligatory postmodernist quirks, such as the wildly overscaled sculptural excrescences at the roof line.

    1988 June 10, Ed Zotti, “One for the Books”, in Chicago Reader

    Synonyms: overscale

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOversized; larger than the proper scale

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overscale
Also see
overscale

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishscaled
  8. Englishoverscaled

From over- + scaled.

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Cite this entry
APA

overscaled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overscaled

MLA

“overscaled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overscaled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overscaled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overscaled.

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