overbalance
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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
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
Also, a fund of funds can get overbalanced.
From US News ● Sep. 30, 2016
It picked up momentum as the heavy weight of the overbalanced top dove for the ground.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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
“Oh, I have confidence enough!” said Buller; “it’s the power of getting on to the edge without overbalancing myself that I want, and all that rot about the laws of gravity won’t help me.”
From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Feller, Frank
Whatever sticklers for old forms and crab-like progress may be found, there is always an overbalancing power.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various
There is, therefore, no gladness without its overbalancing sorrow.
From The Crack of Doom by Cromie, Robert
