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

In April 1995, her body was found in the Rochdale Canal, about a mile from the town, weighted down with a stone.

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The S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization.

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The agency uses an open-ended 11-factor test to determine what counts as “political activity,” without explaining how these factors are weighted or applied.

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But the latest fitness fad encourages it: Meet the weighted vest.

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His bullying Isaiah sprints from pep talks to threats in the same breath and runs around in nifty outfits covered in weighted beads.

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