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 The struggle resonated with parents on Reddit, many of whom admitted they have been outsmarted by their own baby gear. —

Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 In each of these cases, a tech company outsmarted a human—or several—either by producing text convincing enough to pass the smell test, or by creating and marketing a service that convinced a writer to offload part of their labor. —

James Folta, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 He gets outsmarted by Forst and trapped in a symbiotic relationship where has to work for the world’s worst man to see his discovery come to fruition. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026 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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The Rams, seeded 11th, caused an average of 22 turnovers per game with its full-court trapping defense and outwitted everyone in their run from First Four to Final Four.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Probst, who grew up in the Seattle area and started his career here, is synonymous with the show that’s outlasted (and outwitted, and outplayed) any TV counterpart.

— Paige Cornwell, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026