unballasted

[ uhn-bal-uh-stid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1635–45; un- ¹ + ballast ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

The body loomed beside us like the rolling hull of an unballasted ship.

At college he had put him down for a weakling—unballasted, misdemeanant.

It heeled over like an unballasted yacht under the lash of a hurricane.

The wind was fairly fresh and the weight of the unballasted Surprise did not stop the Viking.

I hastened to prevent him; but he overthrew me with one hand, and the unballasted balloon ascended to two thousand yards.

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