weighted

[ wey-tid ]

adjective

1. having additional weight.
2. burdened:

   weighted with sorrow.

3. 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.

Other Words From

• weighted·ly adverb
• weighted·ness noun
• self-weighted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of weighted¹

First recorded in 1650–60; weight + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But the fact that both are opposed to such a change highlights the tensions this is causing within government – could either, realistically, implement such a colossal change, weighted with moral considerations, which they personally opposed?

From BBC

“It was such a weighted thing that she said, but I didn’t allow that weight to be projected on me, because I know who I am,” Palmer says.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite the dominance of streaming, physical and download sales of a full album can play a big part in an album's chart success because of the way they are weighted.

From BBC

It turns out that when the pollsters weighted their polls in an effort to correct discrepancies between their samples and the population, they failed to account for education levels.

From Los Angeles Times

“We will know more once we see final exit polls that are weighted to the final result,” Culverius said.

From Salon

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