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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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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)

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.

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

And now it seemed to me as if my riding cap was heavy with undeveloped bulbs, uncrystallized sugar, unweighed green tea.

From Daisy by Warner, Susan

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