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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Power Four schools may all fall under the same sharing cap, but their pockets grow with NIL in unequal sizes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Apr. 2026 -
So men’s rights groups can and will continue to file lawsuits demanding that women register for the draft – but remain unequal.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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By declaring his intent before hearing the evidence, Scott showed his fidelity to Trump outweighed his fidelity to the Constitution.—
Jim Paladino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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But the safety agency said the devices were important for patient care and that their benefits outweighed the risks of infection transmission.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At the same time, emotional dynamics at home or with family could feel unbalanced, adding to the uncertainty.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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The 4-3-3 unbalanced Chelsea far more frequently, to the extent Enzo Fernandez had to ask Sanchez to go down and await treatment, in order for the team to get a pep talk from Calum McFarlane.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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While the proposal may be well intentioned in its goal of addressing plastic waste, its current design threatens to place a disproportionate burden on the very small businesses that keep our neighborhoods vibrant and fed.—
Francisco Marte,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Drone warfare would see a disproportionate share of that increase — triple the 2026 appropriations for drone warfare.—
Ryan Morgan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There will be more extreme partisan gerrymandering, lopsided elections, less accountable government, and policies that hurt rather than help with everyday life.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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League sources have whispered since late October that Mosley’s job could be in jeopardy, and although Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman declined to make an in-season coaching change despite several puzzling lopsided defeats, the Magic announced Mosley’s dismissal Monday.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Trump recklessly started this war without allies, without any scenario planning and, obviously, without any real understanding of Iran’s assets in asymmetric warfare.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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The body of commentary that has developed since, particularly in the field of postcolonial studies, has traced the ways in which uninvited borrowings follow the vectors of asymmetrical power relations.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Stray dogs aren’t an abnormal occurrence but Sierra had something most stray dogs didn’t.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Goenka said one signature of early cancer that the AI model was able to detect is abnormal cells in the pancreas that shelter and protect cancer from the body’s immune defenses.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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