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OUTSIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outsized mean?
• OUTSIZED (adjective)
The adjective OUTSIZED has 1 sense:
1. larger than normal for its kind
Familiarity information: OUTSIZED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larger than normal for its kind
Synonyms:
outsize; outsized; oversize; oversized
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples
The team found that when these two factors worked together, local temperature had an outsized influence.
(Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions, National Science Foundation)
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