weighted

[ wey-tid ]

adjective

1. having additional weight.
2. burdened:

   weighted with sorrow.

3. adjusted or adapted to a representative value, especially in determining the value of a legislator's vote as proportionate to the population of that legislator's constituency.

Other Words From

• weighted·ly adverb
• weighted·ness noun
• self-weighted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of weighted¹

First recorded in 1650–60; weight + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Over the past few years, weighted blankets have become increasingly popular for supporting healthy sleep habits.

From Popular-Science

That sentence is so weighted with understatement that it’s almost ridiculous.

From Washington Post

With pro-transit Democrats in the mayor’s office and the weighted seat for the county, it’s all over.

From Voice of San Diego

It’s not clear what the evidence saysThere’s a lot of anecdotes in favor of weighted blankets, but only in the last decade or so have researchers become more interested in examining how well they actually work.

From Popular-Science

Even a weighted blanket, a hot shower, music or scented candle will make a difference.

From Washington Blade

Isn't it time Kate took a lesson from her grandmother-in-law and weighted down those skirts against the pesky wind?

From The Daily Beast

Rigor/College Preparedness (30 percent) Three data points made up this category, each weighted equally.

From The Daily Beast

We weighted all three categories equally to arrive at a final score for each.

From The Daily Beast

He tied his hands and legs together, weighted his body with rocks, and dumped it into the Hudson River.

From The Daily Beast

These small, strong, weighted electro-magnets are attached to each of the dual trackpads.

From The Daily Beast

In shape it is curved, like those things for candles attached to upright pianos, but with a weighted foot to hold it firm.

From Project Gutenberg

Claremont, indeed, is a place weighted with memories and sad thoughts of the “might have been.”

From Project Gutenberg

It is my belief that he has taken the tent and sunk it out in the bay, weighted with stones, so it will never come to light.

From Project Gutenberg

The long war-arrow, weighted with a blazing mass of pitch-smeared 211 moss, stuck in a log a few inches below my peephole.

From Project Gutenberg

Thyrsis' back ached, and his feet were as if weighted with lead, but still he plodded on and on—it was his life against a deer's.

From Project Gutenberg

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