outsized
pronunciation
How to pronounce outsized in British English:
UK ['aʊtsaɪzd]
How to pronounce outsized in American English:
US ['aʊtsaɪzd]
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- Adjective:
- larger than normal for its kind
Word Origin
- outsized (adj.)
- "larger than average," 1880, from out (adv.) + size.
Example
- 1. And the outsized effect of simple skinnerian tools has not been limited to health .
- 2. Racked by conflict and besieged by militias , this small eastern province of the democratic republic of the congo has experienced outsized pain .
- 3. They have become outsized repositories of beauty .
- 4. On regulation , there is an understandable fear that an outsized financial-services industry means an outsized risk for taxpayers .
- 5. Despoiling and recapitalizing the banks is one of the few mechanisms beijing has to inject its outsized dollar-denominated reserves into the domestic economy .