unweighed

American  

[uhn-weyd] / ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

1. not weighed, as for poundage.

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

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unweighed British  

/ ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

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

2. (of statements, etc) not carefully considered

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Etymology

Origin of unweighed

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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)

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

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