单词 | overweighting |
释义 | overweightingn. The action of overweight v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > assigning degrees of importance > giving too much importance overweighting1873 society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > excessive load > overloading overlading1811 overweighting1873 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden > excessive overcarkc1390 overload1645 overweighting1873 overweight1891 overburden1893 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > beat > overweighting or instance of overweighting1873 overweight1940 1873–6 Amer. Cycl. 149/2 This overweighting of horses is the weakest point of all cavalry. 1885 Harper's Mag. July 260/1 Undervaluation is a small evil in comparison with the overweighting of silks with dye-stuffs. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 1 Sept. 2/3 The frightful overweighting of the postman because of the flood of pictorial postcards. 1998 H. Lesnick Listening for God iv. 89 In expressing concern at the overweighting of rationality in the process of discernment, I certainly do not mean to exclude it, or to uphold irrationality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873 |
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