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over-large
adjective
(alsooverlarge)uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈlɑːdʒ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈlɑːrdʒ/
bigger than usual or bigger than necessary:
The boy was sitting up, watching him with dark, over-large eyes.
Unskilled rural migrants left the land, adding to the already overlarge pool of labour in many towns.
A herd of cows was coming in from the fields, led by a small boy in shorts and over-large wellingtons.
The house is overlarge now for the family, but they are reluctant to move.
The country is run by an overlarge and largely uncontrolled bureaucracy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Big and quite big
appreciable
baronial
bigly
bloated
boxcar
bulky
expansive
heaping
hearty
heftily
hefty
higher
rambling
roomy
royal
royally
savage
sizable
sizably
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