unballasted

American  

[uhn-bal-uh-stid] / ʌnˈbæl ə stɪd /

adjective

1. not fitted with or carrying ballast.

2. not properly steadied or regulated.

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Etymology

Origin of unballasted

First recorded in 1635–45; un- ¹ + ballast ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The body loomed beside us like the rolling hull of an unballasted ship. 146With my face over my shoulder I watched old Tom poise the iron.

From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by Foster, W. Bertram

The rails were spiked to every alternate sleeper, and then the great 80-ton engine moved cautiously forward along the unballasted track, like an elephant trying a doubtful bridge.

From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston

Valour unballasted but lands its freight On the enemy's shore.—What has become of Hill?

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

The American author depresses me; he makes me feel commonplace and new and unballasted.

From What Dreams May Come by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The higher we go the more glorious will be our death� The balloon, entirely unballasted, we were borne to incredible heights.

From A Voyage in a Balloon (1852) by Verne, Jules