Overbalance
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
"an overbalance of exports"
Verb
- 1 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."
- 2 cause to be off balance wordnet
- 3 To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers. transitive
- 4 weigh more heavily wordnet
- 5 To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize. transitive
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- 6 To lose one's balance; to fall over. intransitive
Example
More examples"I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours."
Etymology
From over- + balance.