Outsized

Word OUTSIZED
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Definitions and meanings of "Outsized"

What do we mean by outsized?

To exceed in size

Disproportionately large; having a larger effect than should be expected by the amount of effort. Urban Dictionary

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The word "outsized" in example sentences

I believe that long-term outsized investment returns can be achieved by spotting trends early and continuing to examine the underlying assumptions. ❋ Darcy Travlos (2011)

Just how outsized is digital media’s presence in a child’s life? ❋ Unknown (2010)

President Obama has chosen a less dramatic path -- moral suasion -- calling the outsized bonuses "shameful" and going several times to Wall Street to appeal for change. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After all, Lloyd Doggett, a Democratic representative of Texas and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, recently called outsized severance packages for executives "outrageous." ❋ Nathaniel Parish Flannery (2011)

Mr. SONDHEIM: No, I mean, we knew we were writing for that kind of outsized personality that she's got. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not every troubled-company workout generates for Third Avenue investors the kind of outsized profits that came from Whitman's decision to invest in bonds issued by a then-bankrupt Kmart. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As someone with experience training raptors for "outsized" quarry, I agree with Carl that this is not a difficult task, given firm grounding in basic techniques; although I take small exception to Carl's dim view of the motivations for doing this. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

All she had to do was walk back and forth on a fashion show runway in Milan modeling a few of his two-piece "outsized" bathing suits. ❋ O'Reilly, Bill (2000)

TRI-N is poised to post "outsized" revenue gains and generate significantly more free cash flow, benefiting from the economic recovery, new product investments and synergy efforts, said CIBC World Markets Inc. analyst Robert Bek. ❋ Darcy Keith (2011)

The hand-to-hand political combat between candidates, who must inch along in their own fund-raising in relatively modest bites, and these groups, which are able to leapfrog ahead with the help of a single giant donation, casts in bold relief the kind of outsized influence corporate and individual megadonors to such organizations can exert on specific races. ❋ By MICHAEL LUO (2010)

The SEC maintained Jaffe was compensated with "outsized" returns for drawing investors into Madoff's securities firm, and that he knew, or should have known, it was actually what is now characterized as the largest Ponzi scheme in history. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've tended to think of the opposite of judicial activism as the kind of outsized deference shown to actions by the legislature and the executive that we tend to see in areas like national security, where the courts have traditionally been willing to endorse any action with even slight justification. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Idiots have an outsized [impact] in politics because [fools] have and outsized presence in the [voting booth]. ❋ ErnstNBlunt (2018)

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