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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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
The body loomed beside us like the rolling hull of an unballasted ship. 146With my face over my shoulder I watched old Tom poise the iron.
From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by W. Bertram Foster
It was a rickety concern, was unballasted, and looked as if, loosely thrown together, it had never filled its original mission and had been practically abandoned.
From Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent by Allen Chapman
There was danger of this, for many of the fathers who sent him pupils unballasted by the two pennies were near.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
The American author depresses me; he makes me feel commonplace and new and unballasted.
From What Dreams May Come by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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