as in outweighed
to be greater in importance than
my determination to finish the job overbalanced my exhaustion
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as in unequal
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbalanced
Verb
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But that benefit is speculative, would occur far in the future, and is clearly outweighed the obvious costs.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025 -
But the potential to detect and address health issues early on ultimately outweighed her fears.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This invisible labor is causing a rift in some relationships as 52% of women have considered ending their partnership due to an unequal division.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
13 June 2025
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In this specific and expansive history, Loewen demonstrates how the stories of unequal existence in this country have an almost predictable repetitiveness to them.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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An unbalanced load can trigger violent spin cycles, strain suspension rods and cause premature bearing wear.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Beijing has imposed export controls on rare earth magnets, hitting European Union industries hard and compounding an increasingly unbalanced trading relationship.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Lawmakers and advocates have long complained about the lack of research into fibroids, and especially about their disproportionate impact on Black women.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
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For 21 months, Israeli armed forces have been bombing Gaza into a landscape of rubble and buried corpses—a massively disproportionate retaliation for the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed over 1,200 Israelis.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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There was a lopsided scoring-turnover ratio, which went heavily in Daniels' favor, putting his efficiency as a passer on full display.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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After the lopsided loss to Swiatek, Anisimova left the court but returned, composed and through tears, thanked her mom and everyone else.—
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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The revelation is also viewed as emblematic of an asymmetrical labor-management relationship.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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Wright designed his house in the shingle style, a then-popular East Coast design characterized by an asymmetrical facade, large veranda, and wood shingles.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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This mutation produces an abnormal transthyretin (TTR) protein that misfolds and forms amyloid deposits in the heart.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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Retinopathy of prematurity is an eye disease that impacts premature babies and occurs when there is abnormal growth of the blood vessels in the retina.—
Ramal Nasim
Updated July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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