overbalanced 1 of 2

adjective

as in unequal

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verb

past tense of overbalance
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
  1. unequal
  2. outweighed
  3. unbalanced
  4. disproportionate
  5. lopsided
  6. asymmetrical
  7. abnormal
Adjective
  • As the representatives of the global North’s industrial might bridge the same chasm that stands between today’s migrants and the United States, Restrepo considers the unequal flows of people and property between the Americas.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • For anyone asking whether this kind of analysis—unequal parts interpretation, speculation, and evaluation—will save a worrying figure, the query imparts its own futility.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of unequal
Verb
  • The Arizona Republican said his respect for Ossoff’s character outweighed their policy disagreements.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • At a meeting in June, an expert panel that advises the FDA on vaccines voted unanimously that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed any risks.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of outweighed
Adjective
  • The school board’s radical idiocy does not negate the state’s obligation to think about the longer haul — specifically, the structurally unbalanced budgets facing Chicago Public Schools as far as the eye can see.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There were fires to put out; an unbalanced squad, unsettled players, grumpy fans, some truly dispiriting defeats.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of unbalanced
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, empty-nest boomers sit on a disproportionate share of the family-size homes that millennial parents need but cannot find or afford.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • However, concerns remain about compliance conflicts, potential losses for retailers, and disproportionate impacts on vulnerable cash-paying consumers.
    — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of disproportionate
Adjective
  • Despite those recent lopsided results, Heat-Celtics has developed into a rivalry over the last two decades.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Solar eclipses occur during the monthly new moon phase, when the lunar disk passes directly between the sun and Earth in its slightly lopsided orbit, casting its colossal shadow over a swathe of our planet's surface.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of lopsided
Adjective
  • Confronting unpredictable adversaries well-versed in asymmetrical warfare from three directions is a military planner’s nightmare.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The question is one of asymmetric warfare and how to make the adversary spend more valuable resources, a field in which Ukraine has an edge over the Pentagon which relies on being able to outspend opponents.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of asymmetrical
Adjective
  • The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.
    — Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Flock's customers can also limit which types of offenses outside agencies can search for in its system, and law enforcement will have to turn on a tool that aims to flag abnormal search behavior.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of abnormal
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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