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weighted
[ wey-tid ]
adjective
- having additional weight.
- burdened:
weighted with sorrow.
- 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
- weighted·ly adverb
- weighted·ness noun
- self-weighted adjective
Example Sentences
Over the past few years, weighted blankets have become increasingly popular for supporting healthy sleep habits.
That sentence is so weighted with understatement that it’s almost ridiculous.
With pro-transit Democrats in the mayor’s office and the weighted seat for the county, it’s all over.
It’s not clear what the evidence saysThere’s a lot of anecdotes in favor of weighted blankets, but only in the last decade or so have researchers become more interested in examining how well they actually work.
Even a weighted blanket, a hot shower, music or scented candle will make a difference.
Isn't it time Kate took a lesson from her grandmother-in-law and weighted down those skirts against the pesky wind?
Rigor/College Preparedness (30 percent) Three data points made up this category, each weighted equally.
We weighted all three categories equally to arrive at a final score for each.
He tied his hands and legs together, weighted his body with rocks, and dumped it into the Hudson River.
These small, strong, weighted electro-magnets are attached to each of the dual trackpads.
In shape it is curved, like those things for candles attached to upright pianos, but with a weighted foot to hold it firm.
Claremont, indeed, is a place weighted with memories and sad thoughts of the “might have been.”
It is my belief that he has taken the tent and sunk it out in the bay, weighted with stones, so it will never come to light.
The long war-arrow, weighted with a blazing mass of pitch-smeared 211 moss, stuck in a log a few inches below my peephole.
Thyrsis' back ached, and his feet were as if weighted with lead, but still he plodded on and on—it was his life against a deer's.
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