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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Alongside legal segregation, separate and unequal categories emerged for Black music.—
A.D. Carson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026 -
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
Verb
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In contrast, fashion boots continued to decline despite growth in the high-shaft segment, as soft unit demand across ankle and mid-shaft styles outweighed meaningful average selling price increases.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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Brown’s patriarch is the embodiment of that unbalanced relationship, causing chaos and expecting more love and forgiveness in return.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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The composition may feel unbalanced, the lighting less dynamic, and the moment itself somehow flatter than imagined.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Fourteen Italians, a disproportionate amount for a club of this size, were capped while playing for Sassuolo.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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The trend has frustrated many dermatologists, who warn that the damage of frequent sunburns and tans accumulates over a lifetime, and those acquired early in life appear to play a disproportionate role in later risk of skin cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Brunson had 22 points and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in the Knicks' latest lopsided playoff victory.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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In this retiree state with much smarts and experience but sorely values-twisted by years of lopsided Republican rule under Govs.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The optimization approach focused on creating an asymmetric motion pattern similar to natural jellyfish, where the contraction phase is faster than recovery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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She was known for her signature, sculptural draping and innovative asymmetrical gowns and designed for French cinema.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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In recent decades, drugs that target these proteins on the surface of tumor cells have been able to slow abnormal growth and control breast, lung, pancreas, and colon cancers involving these genes.—
Alice Park,
Time,
12 May 2026
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Moments later, someone ran by with an AED defibrillator—the portable device helps detect an abnormal heartbeat and can deliver an electrical shock during sudden cardiac arrest.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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