oversize

oversize
adj. /oh"veuhr suyz"/; n. /oh"veuhr suyz'/, adj. Also, oversized.
1. of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
2. of a size larger than is necessary or required.
n.
3. something that is oversize; an oversize article or object.
4. a size larger than the proper or usual size.
[1605-15; OVER- + SIZE1]

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