outmatch

[out-mach]

verb (used with object)

1. to be superior to; surpass; outdo.

   The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outmatch¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; out- + match ²

Example Sentences

It was exactly the sort of suffocating defense Musselman envisioned his team playing this season, its size and length proving too much for outmatched Illinois.

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Taiwan's coastguard is massively outmatched by China's fleet, the largest in the world.

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This bullpen has been overworked and outmatched and simply outplayed all season, and when the Dodger front office had a chance to fix it at the trade deadline, they did virtually nothing.

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Pilots wallop another outmatched opponent while waiting to be tested.

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There are many reasons why the American mainstream news media and other establishment voices in the political class and the elites are being outmatched by Donald Trump in almost every encounter.

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