outbalance

[ out-bal-uhns ]
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verb (used with object),out·bal·anced, out·bal·anc·ing.
  1. to outweigh.

Origin of outbalance

1
First recorded in 1635–45; out- + balance

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How to use outbalance in a sentence

  • The joy, the exultation of that moment, outbalanced a life of common happiness.

    Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa | Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
  • And yet, how completely those juiceless moments are outbalanced by the mass of his living, fragrant, robust song!

    Musical Portraits | Paul Rosenfeld
  • Thither they rushed, and for a moment the ludicrous scene far outbalanced the seriousness of what had happened.

    Ted Strong's Motor Car | Edward C. Taylor
  • The advantage, whatever it may be, is utterly outbalanced by numerical inferiority.

    On the Genesis of Species | St. George Mivart
  • Once or twice he lost, but these occasions were far outbalanced by several brilliant coups.

British Dictionary definitions for outbalance

outbalance

/ (ˌaʊtˈbæləns) /


verb
  1. another word for outweigh

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