Unballasted
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not loaded or stabilised with ballast. not-comparable
"Then, as if the clouds had discharged their aqueous cargo and rode light as unballasted ships, they lifted in aerial fleets and sailed away, white in a blue sky."
- 2 Unstable, liable to flounder. figuratively, not-comparable
"It was a rickety concern, was unballasted, and looked as if, loosely thrown together, it had never filled its original mission and had been practically abandoned."
Example
More examples"Then, as if the clouds had discharged their aqueous cargo and rode light as unballasted ships, they lifted in aerial fleets and sailed away, white in a blue sky."
Etymology
From un- + ballasted.
More for "unballasted"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.