outweighed; outweighing; outweighs
: to exceed in weight, value, or importance
the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
Examples of outweigh in a Sentence
She outweighs her sister by 10 pounds.
This issue outweighs all others in importance.
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Sure there are occasional bad losses like a late-inning collapse in the rain on May 5 against the San Diego Padres or last Friday’s 3-2 loss to the woeful Colorado Rockies, but for the most part the good outweighs the bad.
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
In 2018, a visitor fishing in the surf at North Carolina’s Outer Banks pulled out a 6-foot hammerhead shark that outweighed him.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2025
While the sheer tonnage of entertainment inventory far outweighs the available opportunities in live sports, the money is rapidly shifting to where the balls, bats and pucks are.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
But clearly the good outweighs the more challenging: New York has landed in the 17th spot on the list of the world’s happiest cities, and in the top spot for the United States.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
In 2018, a visitor fishing in the surf at North Carolina’s Outer Banks pulled out a 6-foot hammerhead shark that outweighed him.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2025
While the sheer tonnage of entertainment inventory far outweighs the available opportunities in live sports, the money is rapidly shifting to where the balls, bats and pucks are.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
But clearly the good outweighs the more challenging: New York has landed in the 17th spot on the list of the world’s happiest cities, and in the top spot for the United States.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
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“Outweigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outweigh. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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outweigh
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out·weigh
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: to be greater than in weight, value, or importance
the benefits outweigh the disadvantages
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