overbalance
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- 11
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/
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/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/ · /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbæləns/
Definition of overbalance
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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To be more important than; to outweigh.
“I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.”
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verb
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To be more important than; to outweigh.
“I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.”
- (transitive)To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.
- (transitive)To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
- (intransitive)To lose one's balance; to fall over.
noun
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Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
“an overbalance of exports”
“[…] if there is in man's nature a tendency to guilt and ill desert in a vast overbalance to virtue and merit […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From over- + balance.
Words you can make from overbalance
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- AREOLA 6 pts
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- LEANER 6 pts
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