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overbalance

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[ UK /ˌə‍ʊvəbˈæləns/ ]
VERB
  1. cause to be off balance
    It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
  2. weigh more heavily
    these considerations outweigh our wishes

How To Use overbalance In A Sentence

  • We overbalanced and tumbled towards the window, smashing it and falling through.
  • With a thudding heart, I took a few steps forward and then overbalanced.
  • The ladder overbalanced on top of her.
  • In which latter situation the accumulation of the sensorial power of irritation increases by its superabundance the associability of the fibres of the stomach, so as to overbalance the defect of the excitement of their association. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
  • Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance.
  • In a balancing test, the thumb on the scales can overbalance anything. The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Supposedly Superior Expertise of Regulators Justify Libertarian Paternalism?
  • He could vault over a much smaller opponent without causing his victim to overbalance and fall.
  • He pulled himself inside, then overbalanced and landed head-first on the floor.
  • In addition, the elevator may overbalance so that the force needed to move forwards on the stick is abnormally high.
  • It appears he swung his legs over the wall and overbalanced, and was unaware there was a sheer drop at the other side.
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