weighted
Americanadjective
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having additional weight.
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burdened.
weighted with sorrow.
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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
Example Sentences
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The trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the Bank of Canada continued to slow and were running at their coolest level since the final month of 2024.
The dollar ticked up 0.1% against a weighted basket of its peers.
From Barron's
The dollar ticked up 0.1% against a weighted basket of its peers.
From Barron's
Slot's willingness to highlight Salah's perfectly weighted corner that Van Dijk headed home in the 61st minute signalled the continued rehabilitation of his relationship with the forward.
From Barron's
My arms and legs feel like they’re stuck under the heaviest weighted blanket in the world.
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