outsized
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈaʊtsaɪzd/
:
desproporcionado
- She wore an outsized coat that seemed to engulf her small frame.
- outsized influence
And so I'm making an outsized bet on this.
- And so I'm making an outsized bet on this.
- And so we get outsized returns for incremental improvements here.
- Like we give outsized weight to critics when they're in the minority.
- They found that the dichromats had an outsized influence on the final ways that the whole space of colors was carved up and and labels attached.
- The people that achieve outsized results that then allow the masses to look at them.
- So they're playing outsized role compared to what was envisioned in the original human rights framework.
- After all this is said and done, and yet your Napoleon is still acting out in, in outsized ways.
- And I think that a movie will die if you're talking financially, a movie will die when the budget is too big and outsized.
Examples
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One big piece of the problem is that corporations have outsized influence on how speech is distributed.
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A mausoleum looms behind Stump, bigger than anything in the cemetery: classical, outsized, monumental, even elegant.
Fiction book (1994) -
There were seven outsized cars, seven guests; there would be no more.
Fiction book (1998) -
But he did have outsized influence during crucial years of the early Cold War.
Academic text (2013) -
Though diminutive, some paintings carry an outsized impact.
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It's very hard to win in the NBA if the player who has the most outsized impact isn't at his best.
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"Meanwhile, U.S. leaders have spent an outsized amount of face time with their Pakistani counterparts."
Academic text (2012) -
So, too, most executives ardently hope that their outsized goals will become a reality.
Blog text (8) -
Like that's why there's such outsized impact from the United States.
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To the degree that I've had any success in this world, it's that capacity that plays an outsized role in predicting that kind of success.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Larger than usual in size or amount
∞
1.0
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
∞
1.0
Very large in size or number
878
1.0
Very large in size
842
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
141
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
139
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
64
3.7
Quite large in size or amount
61
2.3
Larger than normal and often too big for its use
45
4.1
Being large in amount and often expensive
21
4.5
Very large in size or amount, much bigger than normal
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
15
3.3
Very large and much bigger than usual
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3.2
Larger than the usual size for its type
3
4.4
Much larger than usual for its kind
1
4.7
Too big for the person or room
Very large, often said in a playful way
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outsized comes from the parts out- (like in outside, meaning 'beyond') and size ('how big something is'), so it literally means 'bigger than the usual size'. Think of something stepping 'out' of its normal size — that image helps explain why we call very large things outsized.