outweigh

Definition:
1. Be heavier than.
2. Weigh more heavily.

Use 'outweigh' in a sentence:

• 1. The potential risk far outweighs any potential benefit.
• 2. Do your disadvantages outweigh the advantages?
• 3. Entertainment places can bring some disadvantages to a community such as increased traffic and noise, but I believe the advantages of a new movie theater would outweigh these concerns.
• 4. The benefits of such actions far outweigh the costs.
• 5. The gains outweigh the losses.
• 6. These disadvantages make development more difficult, but they don't outweigh the advantages.
• 7. Pay Drechsel, an environmental scientist, argues that the social and economic benefits of using untreated human waste to grow food outweigh the health risks.
• 8. For these reasons, the benefits to the caterpillars of ingesting phenols appear to outweigh the costs.
• 9. Drugs are only approved after tests have demonstrated that they are relatively safe when used as directed and when their benefits outweigh their risks.
• 10. Overall, the gains from lower tariffs outweigh the costs.
• 11. Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outweighed the risks of feeding on landfills.
• 12. Favourable conditions outweigh difficulties.
• 13. The dilemma is how to judge at what point the costs outweigh the benefits.
• 14. Daniel Post Senning, a coauthor of Emily Post's Etiquette, asked, "At what point does showing appreciation outweigh the cost?"
• 15. There are, however, some special conditions in which the benefits of being carnivorous do outweigh the costs.
• 16. The medical benefits of x-rays far outweigh the risk of having them.
• 17. But Pay Drechsel, an environmental scientist, argues that the social and economic benefits of using untreated human waste to grow food outweigh the health risks.
• 18. Do the positive effects of advertising outweigh the negative effects?
• 19. It seems that the disadvantages often outweigh the advantages of ecotourism.
• 20. During that time, I make a pros and cons list, the pros usually outweigh the cons, which instantly motivates me.
• 21. But he said that the benefits to public health far outweighed the risks.
• 22. The benefits far outweigh the costs in my mind.
• 23. They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh those of their peers, are more likely to work while attending school, and often require significant academic remediation.
• 24. Our Shared views outweigh our differences.
• 25. Even a tiny mass means that neutrinos would outweigh all the universe's visible matter, because of their vast numbers.
• 26. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages in this case.
• 27. While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.
• 28. The benefits of play must outweigh costs, or play would not have evolved, according to Darwin's theory.
• 29. Consider ( sth good or positive) as balancing or outweighing ( sth bad or negative)
• 30. Their health benefits and fun values outweigh their cost.
• 31. Pregnancy: usually safe but benefits must outweigh the risks.
• 32. The benefits can still outweigh the costs of regulation and litigation.
• 33. Who is to say whether money and a good job outweigh these concerns?
• 34. We think that the risks of not doing research outweigh the risks of doing it.
• 35. The costs of inaction clearly outweigh the costs of action.
• 36. Therefore, OLEX's decision, announced yesterday, to keep Grenville open shows that at OLEX social concerns sometimes outweigh the desire for higher profits.
• 37. She outweighed me by ten pounds, and sometimes she knocked me down.
• 38. This boxer outweighed by his opponent 20 pounds.
• 39. Therefore, the long-term reduction may outweigh the immediate risk.
• 40. One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.
• 41. The issue in this case is whether such risks outweigh the benefits.
• 42. The common interests of the two sides outweigh their differences.
• 43. He says the technology's benefits far outweigh any perceived infringement on personal privacy.
• 44. In the long run, its harms outweigh its benefits.
• 45. The advantages of this deal largely outweigh the disadvantages.
• 46. The benefit of an x-ray far outweighs the minutely increased risk of cancer.
• 47. Until there is evidence that the benefits of a daily dose of alcohol outweigh the risks, most people won't be able to take a doctor's prescription to the neighbourhood bar or liquor store.
• 48. The accused and accusers all succeed in outweighing the Bible.
• 49. The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.
• 50. The book's virtues far outweigh its faults.
• 51. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
• 52. The advantages of the scheme far outweighed the disadvantages.
• 53. The minuses far outweigh that possible gain.