overbalance
Americanverb (used with object)
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to outweigh.
The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
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to cause to lose balance or to fall or turn over.
He accidentally overbalanced a vase.
noun
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an excessive weight or amount.
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something that more than balances or more than equals.
An overbalance of imports depleted the country's treasury.
verb
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to lose or cause to lose balance
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(tr) another word for outweigh
noun
Etymology
Origin of overbalance
Example Sentences
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Consider the overbalance of gloss-black surfaces—not just the grille form but the roof, roof racks, roof pillars, bumpers, mirror caps, rear diffuser thingy, deep-tinted rear glass and heavy window masking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
This book is important and in certain ways I admired Barnett’s decision to overbalance her and her clients’ struggles with joy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2020
If the managers of the individual ETFs overbalance a certain asset, that concentration risk can be compounded, Magoon says.
From US News ● Sep. 30, 2016
Richard Eyre's immaculate production never allows Atkinson to overbalance the play.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2013
But the sword was too long for him; a particularly wild swing made him overbalance, and he landed facedown in the grass.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
“There was an economy that probably wasn’t balanced, but wasn’t horribly overbalanced in one direction — then that became horribly unbalanced.”
From The Verge ● Apr. 8, 2022
Hubbard overbalanced on her opening weight of 120 kilograms, taking the bar behind her shoulders.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
It must give way, the court determined, when overbalanced by the “legitimate needs” of another branch of government—in Nixon, the judiciary—in fulfilling its own constitutional role.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2020
Also, a fund of funds can get overbalanced.
From US News ● Sep. 30, 2016
Ron yelled, trying to force the rat back into his front pocket, but Scabbers was fighting too hard; Ron swayed and overbalanced, and Harry caught him and pushed him back down to the bed.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
But he is in danger of overbalancing the entire film: this is a rock’n’roll performance from someone who is usually happier with piano sonatas.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
Levin’s playing was heavy-handed and shapeless, chugging mechanically along and sometimes overbalancing Hahn’s more restrained, often vibratoless violin lines.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
This principle of overbalancing the exciting coils is shown on diagram, Fig.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
The harder Ted hit, overbalancing himself to put force into the blow, and the less able to recover himself quickly, the easier Bevis warded, and every three knocks gave Ted a rap.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
A few pieces of light artillery, thrown at all hazards upon the enemy's flank, may produce most important results, far overbalancing the risks run.
From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry
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