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unweighed

American  
[uhn-weyd] / ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

  1. not weighed, as for poundage.

  2. not carefully thought about, as statements or opinions.


unweighed British  
/ ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

  1. (of quantities purchased, etc) not measured for weight

  2. (of statements, etc) not carefully considered

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unweighed

First recorded in 1475–85; un- 1 + weigh 1 + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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For his wife's beautiful eyes were turned upon him, not in limpid adoration, not in perfect acceptance of all his views, unheard, unweighed; but with a question in their blue depths.

From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver

Tom, though crushing for a couple of ounces, was one of your practical, decided, cocksure men; guided by unweighed, unanalysed phenomena, and governed by conviction alone—the latter being based simply, though solidly, upon itself.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

Then came one of those impulses which keep human beings from becoming half gods—a wrong impulse, surrendered to immediately, unweighed, unanalyzed, unchallenged.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

I do not think I missed a single sentence in these commentaries, or passed unweighed a single word.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph

And he understood the ever-increasing danger of being condemned on the minor count, with the cause itself, the great fundamental principle, remaining unweighed.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.