overbalance

Consider the overbalance of gloss-black surfaces—not just the grille form but the roof, roof racks, roof pillars, bumpers, mirror caps, rear diffuser thingy, deep-tinted rear glass and heavy window masking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Linda Deegan, who had studied coastal ecology at the Marine Biological laboratory in Woodshole, Massachusetts found that overbalance of nitrogen makes marsh plants grow taller and leafier, but with fewer, weaker roots.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2021

This book is important and in certain ways I admired Barnett’s decision to overbalance her and her clients’ struggles with joy.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2020

If the managers of the individual ETFs overbalance a certain asset, that concentration risk can be compounded, Magoon says.

From US News ● Sep. 30, 2016

Immediately I’d try to fix it by shifting my weight to the other side, but often I’d go too far and overbalance.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

“There was an economy that probably wasn’t balanced, but wasn’t horribly overbalanced in one direction — then that became horribly unbalanced.”

From The Verge ● Apr. 8, 2022

The match was closed out on the 17th despite a quite sensational shot from Spieth, who nearly ended up running into the lake as he overbalanced while playing from heavy rough.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2021

Hubbard overbalanced on her opening weight of 120 kilograms, taking the bar behind her shoulders.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021

It must give way, the court determined, when overbalanced by the “legitimate needs” of another branch of government—in Nixon, the judiciary—in fulfilling its own constitutional role.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2020

Ron yelled, trying to force the rat back into his front pocket, but Scabbers was fighting too hard; Ron swayed and overbalanced, and Harry caught him and pushed him back down to the bed.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

But he is in danger of overbalancing the entire film: this is a rock’n’roll performance from someone who is usually happier with piano sonatas.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021

Levin’s playing was heavy-handed and shapeless, chugging mechanically along and sometimes overbalancing Hahn’s more restrained, often vibratoless violin lines.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2016

But only for a moment did the impression of horns overbalancing body remain with Gale.

From Desert Gold by Zane Grey

The earliest mechanical device intended to produce perpetual motion is that known as the overbalancing wheel.

From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by John Phin

There is, therefore, no gladness without its overbalancing sorrow.

From The Crack of Doom by Robert Cromie