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. )
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Then, as if the clouds had discharged their aqueous cargo and rode light as unballasted ships, they lifted in aerial fleets and sailed away, white in a blue sky.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
They were riding an unballasted track and using such speed as they dared to escape from a situation that had become perilous.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Valour unballasted but lands its freight On the enemy's shore.—What has become of Hill?
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
It heeled over like an unballasted yacht under the lash of a hurricane.
From The Air Trust by George Allan England
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 Jules Verne
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