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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outmatch .
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Examples
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East Carolina (19-14) was outmatched from the start, and the game was essentially over when Rutgers went on a 13-0 run to lead 31-12 with 7: 24 left in the first half.
USATODAY.com - Women's Basketball - East Carolina vs. Rutgers 2006
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There was no lack of offense against a Youngstown State team that was outmatched from the start.
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However, she's a patron of the hunt and, insomuch as she fills that roll, she's kind of outmatched by an existing goddess.
Deity of Your City Anne Johnson 2009
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The Summit High girls 'soccer team was simply "outmatched," Thursday in its match at conference-rival D'Evelyn, SHS head coach Tommy Gogolen said.
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The Summit High girls 'soccer team was simply "outmatched," Thursday in its match at conference-rival D'Evelyn, SHS head coach Tommy Gogolen said.
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Despite the fact that the negotiating team partly led by Derek Fisher was outmatched, they did not crumble.
Linda Kenney Baden: To David Stern: You Are Not God! Linda Kenney Baden 2011
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The military stood outmatched despite the damage they inflicted and the priestesses now understood why.
Arcana Magi Divine H-M Brown 2012
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Your knowledge of scientific biological transmogrification is only outmatched by your zest for kung-fu treachery!
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Law Abiding Citizen, Black Dynamite, Cabin Fever 2, and More | /Film 2010
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If the government feels outmatched, it could hire an outside counsel in the same way it brought in David Boies to handle its antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. The move could be perceived as a slight to its in-house prosecutors, however, so it would likely do so only reluctantly.
Antitrust Suit Hems AT&T Spencer E. Ante 2011
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But his brand of nuanced, over-intellectualized witty replies to Republican street bashing makes him look wimpy, weak and outmatched.
Andy Ostroy: Obama's the "Dick Cavett President" Andy Ostroy 2011
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