unweighed

American  

[uhn-weyd] / ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

1. not weighed, as for poundage.

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

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unweighed British  

/ ʌnˈweɪd /

adjective

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

2. (of statements, etc) not carefully considered

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Etymology

Origin of unweighed

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

Earnest men, eager for the triumph of a good cause, push forward with unsifted statements and unweighed denunciations, that discredit Christian advocacy and wound the cause of truth and charity.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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)

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