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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Encompassing an excessively broad range of features or elements, often leading to diminished efficiency or reduced practical utility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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adj
Of or pertaining to kitchen sink realism; depicting social realities in an unstylized and direct manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, drama, dramaturgy, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater
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History
From kitchen sink + -y. Sense 1 alludes to the phrase everything but the kitchen sink, sense 2 to the phrase kitchen sink realism.
