unweighed
Americanadjective
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(of quantities purchased, etc) not measured for weight
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(of statements, etc) not carefully considered
Etymology
Origin of unweighed
Example Sentences
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Tom, though crushing for a couple of ounces, was one of your practical, decided, cocksure men; guided by unweighed, unanalysed phenomena, and governed by conviction alone—the latter being based simply, though solidly, upon itself.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
I do not think I missed a single sentence in these commentaries, or passed unweighed a single word.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph
Then came one of those impulses which keep human beings from becoming half gods—a wrong impulse, surrendered to immediately, unweighed, unanalyzed, unchallenged.
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
And now it seemed to me as if my riding cap was heavy with undeveloped bulbs, uncrystallised sugar, unweighed green tea.
From Daisy by Warner, Susan
The fitting-up of that place as a shrine is not an accident, nor a casual, unweighed idea; it is imitated from age—old religious custom.
From Christian Science by Twain, Mark
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