Synonyms

weighted

American

[wey-tid] / ˈweɪ tɪd /

adjective

having additional weight.
burdened.

weighted with sorrow.
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

self-weighted adjective
weightedly adverb
weightedness noun

Etymology

Origin of weighted

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

Vocabulary lists containing weighted

Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 15-20

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Example Sentences

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It is currently weighted 62% in U.S. stocks, 31% in developed-country stocks, and 7% in emerging-market stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The weighted ratio’s signal appears to be stronger, but both ratios have turned downward, and the computer analysis programs are calling buy signals for both.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

But that means gut is weighted toward past experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Scrum-half Jeremy Fernandez took the ball from a scrum and broke down the blind side before putting a perfectly weighted kick behind the Saints defence for winger Ambadiang to race onto and score.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

She was on her own, weighted down with the staggering burden of sole responsibility for keeping her children and herself alive.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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