Weighted

//ˈweɪ.tɪd// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of weight form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1
Having weights on it.
"She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind."
2
Biased, so as to favour one party.
"The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win."
3
having values assigned to its edges
4
With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
5
Containing a large proportion (of something).
"Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off."

Adjective

1
adjusted to reflect value or proportion wordnet
2
made heavy or weighted down with weariness wordnet

Synonyms

adjusted burdened charged encumbered fraught freighted

Example

"He is weighted down with various cares."

Related phrases

time-weighted weighted alphabet weighted average weighted graph weighted mean weighted vest weighted-average cost of capital

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