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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Adjective
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Despite some significant flaws, including unequal access to care in poor and rural areas, its focus on preventive care is widely considered a model worldwide.—
Jessica A.J. Rich,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Last year, the Education Department terminated one agreement involving books removed from a school library in Georgia, and another targeting harsh discipline and unequal education opportunities for Native students in the Rapid City Area School District in South Dakota.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Gold was headed for a third weekly gain as hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the war in Iran and sustained buying by central banks outweighed persistent risks around inflation.—
Yihui Xie,
Bloomberg,
9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Economist-YouGov and AP-NORC polls also found opposition to ground troops outweighed support for the possibility more than four times over.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Their effect on each other is also unbalanced with Cee Cee seeing Bertie as BFF — Best Fan Forever.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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On the other hand, the trend is a great way to hide a door that's in a strange place, or one that otherwise makes a room feel unbalanced.—
Maggie Gillette,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Those effects are a concern close to heart for Sophie, who has made the disproportionate impact of conflict on women and girls a priority of her royal work.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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The big story Last December, when Amazon pledged a massive $35 billion investment in India including for digitizing over 12 million small businesses and enhancing logistical infrastructure, the scale of the commitment seemed disproportionate to the market’s size.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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My figures have two noses, two pairs of wobbly lips and lopsided torsos that often lean precariously to one side.—
Gabe Montesanti,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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This is only game one, and as lopsided as the score was, your Sixers are only down 0-1 at the moment.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Salon embraces that motif, with an asymmetrical, curving silhouette that's sure to get plenty of compliments.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The hallucinogen is known to raise the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and rates and could cause vomiting.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Lara’s pre-operative test results were abnormal, and revealed clear signs of keratoconus, making LASIK unsuitable.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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