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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outmatched en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances (either animate or inanimate), so as to be facing likely defeat or to have already been defeated.
    • 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.

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most outmatched Degree=Sup lexicographic
more outmatched Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

undermatched

Coordinates

mismatched

Synonyms

out of one's depth · outgunned · over one's head · in too deep

Translations (7)

es no poder contra (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances) · es aventajado (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances) · es sobrepasado (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances) · es superado (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances) · es sobreexcedido (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances) · es en inferioridad (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances) · es sobrepujado (overwhelmed by adversarial forces or circumstances)

outmatched en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of outmatch
    form of outmatch