outweigh
verb (used with object)
to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc..
outweighed
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past participleof outweigh.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof outweigh.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
outweighverb (used with object)to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc..
Example Sentences
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Gains in cereal, sugar and vegetable oils outweighed declines in meat and dairy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
By 2014, the program as a whole actually had made money for taxpayers, as the losses were outweighed by repaid loans from companies that had found success.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Markowicz said that the cost of refinancing outweighed the benefit for now, particularly because they plan to move to a bigger house in the near future.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
But, it said, "these are likely to be outweighed by other actions that may increase emissions".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
