Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word outbalanced.

Examples

  • Abortion must be the most trivial thing in the world–right down there with blowing your nose–to be outbalanced by convenience issues like these.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Constitutional Right to Self-Defense? 2009

  • I expect that the increase in cost which favors the rich & foolish will be more than outbalanced by the increase in rigor, so that a higher proportion of the summitting slots will end up going to people who can actually use them in reasonable safety.

    An Everest Proposal Doctor Science 2006

  • But too often in history, reality comes in the form of dreams so sundered that one wonders if the gains outbalanced the losses.

    Ex-Billionaire's Nightmare: Yukos Bankruptcy Suit Set 2006

  • I expect that the increase in cost which favors the rich & foolish will be more than outbalanced by the increase in rigor, so that a higher proportion of the summitting slots will end up going to people who can actually use them in reasonable safety.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Doctor Science 2006

  • And she longed with an intensity that outbalanced for the time every other feeling that he should confess his sin fully, entirely — see it in all its ugliness and gather himself together into a deep repentance before he went down into silence, or before he made a fresh start in life.

    Red Pottage 2004

  • The occasional Zell Miller seems to me more than outbalanced by the Daschles, Hollingses, Harkinses, and Dorgans disclaimer: I once worked in Byron Dorgan's office, when he was in the House rather than the Senate, the occasional Gramm or Goldwater by the Helmses and Thurmonds.

    Archive 2002-09-15 Jacob T. Levy 2002

  • The occasional Zell Miller seems to me more than outbalanced by the Daschles, Hollingses, Harkinses, and Dorgans disclaimer: I once worked in Byron Dorgan's office, when he was in the House rather than the Senate, the occasional Gramm or Goldwater by the Helmses and Thurmonds.

    Jacob T. Levy Jacob T. Levy 2002

  • The occasional Zell Miller seems to me more than outbalanced by the Daschles, Hollingses, Harkinses, and Dorgans disclaimer: I once worked in Byron Dorgan's office, when he was in the House rather than the Senate, the occasional Gramm or Goldwater by the Helmses and Thurmonds.

    09/15/2002 - 09/22/2002 Jacob T. Levy 2002

  • As usual when they met face-to-face, the demands of common courtesy and of a common cause outbalanced personal differences.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • As usual when they met face-to-face, the demands of common courtesy and of a common cause outbalanced personal differences.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.