weighted

[wey-tid]

adjective

1. having additional weight.

2. burdened.

   weighted with sorrow.

3. adjusted or adapted to a representative value, especially in determining the value of a legislator's vote as proportionate to the population of that legislator's constituency.

Other Word Forms

• weightedly adverb
• weightedness noun
• self-weighted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of weighted¹

First recorded in 1650–60; weight + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Each stock is weighted by the product of its quality score and its market capitalization.

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The survey was conducted by YouGov, and the data were weighted to reflect the demographics of U.S. voters.

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In the midst of the music festival’s craziness, the tent was filled with a weighted, reverent energy.

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The survey was conducted by YouGov, and the data was weighted to reflect the demographics of U.S. voters.

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The central bank says its decisions are guided by the totality of the data, but when asked which data are shaping policy or how heavily each source is weighted, officials have been light on detail.

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