verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoutˈbalanced or ˌoutˈbalancing
to be greater than in weight, value, etc.
outbalance in American English
(ˌautˈbæləns)
transitive verbWord forms: -anced, -ancing
to outweigh
Word origin
[1635–45; out- + balance]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: federal, focus, intaglio, recruit, sympatheticout- is a prefixal use of the adverb out, occurring in various senses in compounds (outcast; outcome; outside), and serving also to form many transitive verbs denoting a going beyond, surpassing,or outdoing in the particular action indicated (outbid; outdo; outgeneral; outlast; outstay; outrate)
Examples of 'outbalance' in a sentence
outbalance
The analysis requires a sufficient number of observations of failure to outbalance the effect of the initial input parameters.
Luis-Fernando Contreras, Edwin T. Brown 2019, 'Slope reliability and back analysis of failure with geotechnical parameters estimatedusing Bayesian inference', Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineeringhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775518304232. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)