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unweighed

American  
[uhn-weyd] / ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

  1. not weighed, as for poundage.

  2. not carefully thought about, as statements or opinions.


unweighed British  
/ ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

  1. (of quantities purchased, etc) not measured for weight

  2. (of statements, etc) not carefully considered

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unweighed

First recorded in 1475–85; un- 1 + weigh 1 + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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And he understood the ever-increasing danger of being condemned on the minor count, with the cause itself, the great fundamental principle, remaining unweighed.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

For his wife's beautiful eyes were turned upon him, not in limpid adoration, not in perfect acceptance of all his views, unheard, unweighed; but with a question in their blue depths.

From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver

Earnest men, eager for the triumph of a good cause, push forward with unsifted statements and unweighed denunciations, that discredit Christian advocacy and wound the cause of truth and charity.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

Many a shield full of treasure was then brought forth which the king dealt out unweighed to his many friends, to each five hundred marks of gold, and to a few, still more.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

Exquisite scents, strange draperies, human forms have appeared seemingly out of nothing, and have returned whence they came unrecorded by photography, unweighed, unanalysed.

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles

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