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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.
Origin of weighted First recorded in 1650–60; weight + -ed2
OTHER WORDS FROM weighted weight·ed·ly, adverb weight·ed·ness, noun self-weighted, adjective Words nearby weighted weigh one's words, weight, weightage , weight belt, weight density, weighted , weighted average, weighted mean, weight for age, weighting, weightism
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Rosendo rose slowly, as if weighted with heavy thoughts, and went out into the living room.
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There can be but slow progress while we are weighted down by the superstitions of ages past.
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These three indicia, weighted in a manner to be described in a moment, are then averaged.
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And the poor, weighted with laws and cares, longed to throw off their burdens.
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