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adjective weight·ed \ˈwā-təd\

Definition of weighted

1 : made heavy : loaded weighted silk
2a : having a statistical weight attached a weighted test scoreb : compiled or calculated from weighted data a weighted mean
3 : inclined 1

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Examples of weighted in a Sentence

The head of the golf club was weighted.

Recent Examples of weighted from the Web

Could any of these standard summary statistics, equally weighted or not, aggregate information efficiently?

— ville satopää, Washington Post, "After the surprise of 2016, here’s how pollsters can do better in predicting election results", 31 May 2017
Nee completed the full-Murph, and plans to add a weighted vest next year.

— rachel k. hindery, chicagotribune.com, "CrossFit tradition: Murph Challenge continues to grow in Oak Park", 30 May 2017
Prosecutors say divers later found a weighted bag in the water.

— crimesider staff, CBS News, "Prosecutors: Man accused in "Baby Doe" killing said child was a demon", 30 May 2017
Motley scored a near-perfect 35 on her ACT and boasts a weighted GPA of 4.573.

— by sara beane, kansascity, "Two Johnson County students are 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars", 27 May 2017
But is a weighted grading system really the answer?

— brandon keim, WIRED, "Students Deserve Extra Credit for Hard Sciences, Say Curriculum Docs", 30 June 2008

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