outmatch
Americanverb (used with object)
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outmatches,
present (3rd person singular)
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outmatched,
past participle, past
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outmatching
present participle
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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outmatchsimple
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outmatchessimple
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have outmatchedperfect
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has outmatchedperfect
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am outmatchingprogressive
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are outmatchingprogressive
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is outmatchingprogressive
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have been outmatchingperfect progressive
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has been outmatchingperfect progressive
Past
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outmatchedsimple
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had outmatchedperfect
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was outmatchingprogressive
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were outmatchingprogressive
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had been outmatchingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of outmatch
Example Sentences
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Court reporters outmatch the technology in skill, but their profession faces another crisis: a shortage of workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
"If you add up our economies, we outmatch Russia 25-to-one," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
Cameron, speaking after talks with Colonna in Paris, said that if the economies of Ukraine’s Western partners are calculated together, “we outmatch the Russian economy by 25 to one or more.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
The Kremlin has boasted that the Kinzhal can fly at speeds up to Mach 10 and would outmatch the weapons of any adversary.
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023
No gull could long outmatch that heavy speed.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
But the need far outmatches the number of new homes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
If you think of the rate of evolution, it just outmatches anything, including proprietary competitors that might have hundreds of millions of billions of dollars behind them.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022
Fullerton student Emiliano Perez played “VR Showdown” at Knott’s Berry Farm recently and said it outmatches the virtual soccer games he plays on his home Xbox system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
“But the terrain they are in, that they can reach and ski, it outmatches their education.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2016
If a modern domestic complication breaks out, the current gossip outmatches it by the entanglements in the Barrow family.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney
The result was a single, wholly outmatched excavator coming to the mountain of masonry that had been the Al-Zaharnah home, where Mutaz and at least six others were still interred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
By the 1440s, this English system was outmatched by a reformed French army funded by direct state taxation, itself a consequence of the persistent strife that enhanced royal power by reducing regional differences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Taiwan's coastguard is massively outmatched by China's fleet, the largest in the world.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
And for the second straight year, the Trojans were outmatched by Paige Bueckers and UConn in the Elite Eight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
As Percy stood there, disarmed and outmatched, the plan formed in his head.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
The Flamingo can fly for over 1,800 miles and carry a warhead of over 2,500 lbs, outmatching the Scalp in range and payload.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said the system is “absolutely incredible,” outmatching comparable U.S. platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
As streaming services vie with Hollywood for credibility and prestige they've thrown huge amounts of money at directing talent - often far outmatching anything a legacy studio can offer - with success.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
For years, the jail system had rotated incarcerated people in and out of housing areas on a regular basis, seeking to prevent detainees from banding together and outmatching correction officers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
‘Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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