Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not weighed; not having the weight ascertained.
  • Not deliberately considered and examined; not pondered; not considered; negligent; unguarded: as, words unweighed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not weighed; not pondered or considered.

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  • adjective not weighed
  • adjective not deliberately considered or pondered; hasty

Etymologies

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From un- + weighed

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Examples

  • I immediately realized the exit polls were unweighed when hearing about the high number of women in the sample.

    Exit Polls, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • However, the stakes in the proposed talks with Iran are too critical to remain unweighed.

    Talk Isn't Cheap With Iran Michael B. Oren 2008

  • However, the stakes in the proposed talks with Iran are too critical to remain unweighed.

    Why Talk With Iran? 2008

  • Many a shield full of treasure was then brought forth which the king dealt out unweighed to his many friends, to each five hundred marks of gold, and to a few, still more.

    The Nibelungenlied 2007

  • And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

    1 Kings 7. 1999

  • "So much flesh and blood out of the market, unweighed!"

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

  • To them that were skilled in leech craft they offered a rich fee of unweighed sliver and yellow gold, that they might heal the heroes of their wounds gotten in battle; the king sent also precious gifts to his guests.

    The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour

  • Many a shield full of treasure was then brought forth which the king dealt out unweighed to his many friends, to each five hundred marks of gold, and to a few, still more.

    The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway

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