outweigh
verb/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/
Etymology From out- + weigh.
1
To exceed in weight or mass.
- The King your brother is now hard at hand, Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:
2
To exceed in importance or value.
- The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- The trials have revealed that the advantage of extra seating capacity is more than outweighed by slower station working, as the double-deck train affords one door for 22 seats, compared with 10 or 12 in ordinary compartment stock.1951 January, “Notes and News: Double-Deck Train Trials Results”, in Railway Magazine, page 66:
2 more examples
- A few trains, mostly at peak periods, will still terminate at Barnsley because the convenience to workpeople of their current times outweighs the advantages of through working.1960 April, “Talking of trains: The new link at Barnsley”, in Trains Illustrated, page 197:
- Flores said the images’ negative impact outweighs their historical and artistic value.2019 May 20, Walter Thompson, “A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?”, in The Guardian:
- Related terms
- outnumber