Thesaurus results for OUTSMARTED

outsmarted

verb

past tense of outsmart

as in outwitted

to get the better of through cleverness an inexpensive security system that would likely be outsmarted by anyone with a serious interest in circumventing it

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Recent Examples of outsmarted However, ancient mythology is filled with examples of crafty foxes being outsmarted by their own traps. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 Jan. 2026 However, Cena outsmarted him by grabbing the chair, throwing it next to Dom, and pretending to be down on the mat. —

Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025 Tuchel came to Monaco for a meeting with United’s leaders two weeks after the FA Cup final, in which Ten Hag’s side outsmarted and defeated Manchester City for a momentous win. —

Andy Mitten, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025 Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens. —

Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 This solution also outsmarted existing industry tools like Gurobi on large-scale delivery simulations. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025

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Verb

Maduro has in any case outwitted dozens of attempts to depose him over the years.

— Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Though Penn State had a key injury with linebacker Tony Rojas sidelined, Knowles was also outwitted by Neuheisel, who only took over the role for the Bruins earlier this week.

— Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025