Definition of outsize
: an unusual size;
especially
: a size larger than the standard
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The power grab is significant in a party in which provincial governors have historically had an outsize say in running federal affairs.
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And second, that spending such outsize sums on the military perpetuates an institutional bias towards intervention that leads to bad outcomes.
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Ramaswamy made his first big splash on the scene with outsize, even record, IPOs for Axovant and Myovant.
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The outsize, three-quarter sleeves functioned almost like sails or balloons, creating fabric hollows that inflated with air and billowed widely out around her.
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Yet this expression of outsize giving is not the image of Myanmar lately portrayed by its military’s harsh treatment of the minority Muslims.
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First Known Use of outsize
1845
Definition of outsize
1
: unusually large or heavy
2
: exaggerated or extravagant in size or degree
Examples of outsize in a Sentence
an outsize cat who weighs 25 pounds
she likes to make dramatic appearances wearing her trademark outsize sunglasses
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The year also saw the rise of two rival protest factions whose modest contingents left an outsize imprint.
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Low primary-voter turnout gives outsize power to committed activists.
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Haroon Ullah, Broadcasting Board of Governors' chief strategy officer, said ISIS and people affiliated with ISIS use social media to find outsize influence beyond any borders.
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Manafort entered the Trump campaign already an outsize figure – one who had burst onto the political scene in 1976 with his work at the Republican convention for President Gerald Ford.
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But why should the nation continue to send outsize taxpayer funds to a state that is single-handedly condemning Americans to ObamaCare?
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The analyses of the impact of such massive changes have assumed outsize significance given the calendar.
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But these stragglers face an outsize chance of getting picked off by predators.
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Majda: This diminutive, unpretentious restaurant in Ein Rafa, in the hills outside Jerusalem, has earned an outsize reputation thanks to its playful way of turning regional staples—from falafel to kebabs—on their heads.
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First Known Use of outsize
1812
outsize Synonyms
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whoppingAntonyms
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, weeRelated Words
big, bulky, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, largish, major, huge (also outsized), overgrown, oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous; august, formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic; cavernous, monolithic, overwhelming, staggering, stupendous, towering; boundless, immeasurable, infiniteNear Antonyms
little, mini, petite, pint-size (or pint-sized), puny, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize); dinky, dwarfish, half-pintOUTSIZE Defined for English Language Learners
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