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Overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances (either animate or inanimate), so as to be facing likely defeat or to have already been defeated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: outgunned, in too deep, out of one's depth, over one's head
- The company's executives mistakenly assumed that they could have a 20-person team cover the work of a 40-person team, causing the staff to be wholly outmatched and thus leading to missed quality defects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outgunned, in too deep, out of one's depth, over one's head
Antonyms: undermatched
simple past and past participle of outmatch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Spanish:
en inferioridad
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
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Spanish:
sobrepujado
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
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Spanish:
sobreexcedido
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
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Spanish:
sobrepasado
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
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Spanish:
aventajado
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
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Spanish:
superado
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
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Spanish:
no poder contra
— overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances
