as in unequal
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as in outweighed
to be greater in importance than
my determination to finish the job overbalanced my exhaustion
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbalanced
Adjective
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The state’s Indigenous children suffer the greatest consequences because most rural school districts are predominantly Alaska Native — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
4 Mar. 2025 -
In a country marred with unequal land distribution based on race, the government uses expropriation as a tool to address systemic land inequality and dispossession.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Those small changes will be outweighed by individual companies’ demand and supply changes.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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The good far outweighed the bad.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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There is something subtly unbalanced about how the perspective of the staircase has been delineated.—
Barry Schwabsky,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Unlike IPAs, which lean into unbalanced territory, APAs remain nicely balanced, and so any American pale ale will do, although the original is still pretty darn good.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But declining disproportionate treatment is not intended to kill the patient, although death is the foreseeable outcome.—
Mathew Schmalz,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Balint introduced the measure on Trans Day of Visibility, recognized annually on March 31 to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people and draw attention to disproportionate discrimination faced by the community.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sunday, the Suns suffered their most lopsided loss of the season, a 39-point thrashing at the hands of the Houston Rockets.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The White House has cited several examples of especially lopsided tariffs: Brazil taxes ethanol imports, including America’s, at 18%, but the U.S. tariff on ethanol is just 2.5%.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Courtesy of brand Chloé Jelly Sandals $590 Bloomingdale's Heeled thong sandals with ballerina ribbons and an asymmetrical midi skirt.—
Renata Joffre,
Glamour,
29 Mar. 2025
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The look put a high-fashion spin on deconstructed dressing, featuring a bodice in a neutral beige tone with an asymmetrical neckline.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Yet my company has found there’s a wealth of efficiency in adopting AI tools like equipment monitoring to spot abnormal trends and predictive maintenance strategies to reduce downtime, waste and rework and maximize quality and efficiency.—
Gary Hoover,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Obviously, that probably will change, but Newcastle are under no abnormal pressure to sell and there have so far been no signs of the player agitating to leave.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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