overbalance

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overbalance

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/
/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbæləns/

verb overbalances · overbalancing · overbalanced

To be more important than; to outweigh. I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.
transitive To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.
transitive To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
intransitive To lose one's balance; to fall over.

noun overbalances

Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent. an overbalance of exports

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@misc{overbalance_2026,
  title = {overbalance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overbalance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}