unballasted
Americanadjective
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not fitted with or carrying ballast.
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not properly steadied or regulated.
Etymology
Origin of unballasted
First recorded in 1635–45; un- 1 + ballast ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The nightmare is evidently too much for these unballasted minds.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John
I hastened to prevent him; but he overthrew me with one hand, and the unballasted balloon ascended to two thousand yards.
From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules
Upon two descents that were too precipitous to venture unballasted, I tied fair-sized pine trees to the rear of my craft to act as drag-anchors.
From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)
The American author depresses me; he makes me feel commonplace and new and unballasted.
From What Dreams May Come by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Valour unballasted but lands its freight On the enemy's shore.—What has become of Hill?
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
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