outclass

[out-klas, -klahs]

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verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.

Origin of outclass

First recorded in 1865–70; out- + class

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Related Words for outclassed

beat, outperform, excel, eclipse, outrun, outshine, outmatch, outdo, dominate, outdistance, outpace, outplay, exceed, top, cap, better, outstrip, pass, surmount, tower

Examples from the Web for outclassed

Contemporary Examples of outclassed

Some disadvantages are actually advantages; underdogs that “win” are never as outclassed as they initially seem.
Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book
Thomas Flynn
October 5, 2013

Historical Examples of outclassed

There was one at that time who outclassed them all, and in an evil day they met.
Tonio, Son of the Sierras
Charles King
I had not even a knife, and had I possessed one I was outnumbered and outclassed.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion
G. Hamilton-Browne
The Tories have been out-generalled, outmanœuvred, and outclassed.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 3, 1895
Various
One gang, of brawny Cappadocians, outclassed any but the Emperor's own.
The Unwilling Vestal
Edward Lucas White
Before many years, it became apparent that Hussey was outclassed.
The Romance of the Reaper
Herbert Newton Casson

British Dictionary definitions for outclassed

outclass

verb (tr)

to surpass in class, quality, etc
to defeat easily

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Word Origin and History for outclassed

outclass

1870, "to beat (a rival) so completely as to put him out of the same class," from out + class (v.).