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.
