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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The village’s Black residents, including Hettie, are energized by a promising but tangled effort to redress a long-standing injustice—the unequal compensation received by Black South African soldiers in the Second World War.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026 -
As women’s earning power grows, their tolerance for an unequal domestic arrangement is shrinking.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
1 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
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Any disadvantage there may be in waiting a week or 10 days to get started on the portal is offset, probably outweighed, by the attention and excitement being built for BC basketball by their incoming coach’s presence on national TV, associated with a Final Four team.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The mindset is unbalanced, with too many players thinking about attacking play rather than anticipating danger.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Rhetoric, including questions providers do or don’t ask, plays a role in the unbalanced sterilization rates among men and women.—
Jenna Vinson,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The drive for climate investments in Africa stem from the disproportionate burden the continent bears from a changing climate.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The tech industry and a disproportionate number of start-ups are in the San Francisco Bay Area.—
Bill Gurley,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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The result, was a lopsided victory that announced her arrival as one of women’s college basketball’s top coaches.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Mets ended up winning 9-0 — a lopsided result that felt like an afterthought compared to the ice cream saga playing out on the broadcast.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Hunting Wives actress stood out among a sea of stylish looks in a striking asymmetrical gown that bared most of her left side from the waist down.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lacking conventional military resources to fight Saddam’s army, Iran turned to asymmetric warfare, fighting back through low-cost methods.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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South Korean media reported the projectile, also likely a ballistic missile, disappeared from South Korean military radars after displaying an abnormal development in the initial launch stage.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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South Korean media reported the previous projectile, also likely a ballistic missile, disappeared from South Korean military radars after displaying an abnormal development in the initial launch stage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Overbalanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalanced. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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