overstuffed

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overstuffed

/ˈəʊvəstʌft/ UK
/ˈoʊvɚstʌft/ US

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From over- + stuffed.

adjective more overstuffed · most overstuffed

Filled beyond capacity. […] Mr. [John "Walking"] Stewart used to observe, that the deplorable effect of too much book learning is to deprive man of self-examination, through an over-stuffed memory, which prevents the exercise of the faculties of imagination, judgment, and reflection, and to make conscience depend on the wi
Of a piece of upholstered furniture, such as a chair or sofa: Covered completely and deeply with upholstery or overstuffing. We furnished our first nest with castoffs. Friends alerted us to an overstuffed chair that someone on the far side of the ballpark was, outrageously, throwing out. No three dishes matched. We owned one big-ticket item: a clock radio. Every morning, we woke to the broadcast calls of birds.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of overstuff

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@misc{overstuffed_2026,
  title = {overstuffed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overstuffed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}