outclassed

6.1

Clearly worse than someone who is much better at the activity

adjective
/aʊtˈklæst/

: superado

The young athlete was outclassed by his rival, who set a new record in the race.

Examples

Despite the fact that the British were hopelessly outclassed in ships, crew, firepower and training.
However, these hoplets were few and were outclassed by their Illyrian counterparts.
In the debate, she felt outclassed by her opponent's superior knowledge and eloquence.
The new smartphone outclassed its competitors with its advanced features and sleek design.

Synonyms

no match for

vsoutclassed

66 5.5

Not able to beat them because they are stronger or better

is decisively surpassed and appears clearly lower in quality or ability

overpowered

vsoutclassed

Jargon

6.0

Stronger than other characters or items, it makes the game unfair

is decisively surpassed by clear superiority rather than unfair strength

How Surpassed

humiliated

Offensive

1 3.7

outclassed

6.1

unsurpassed

6 6.3

Surface Forms

outclassed positive

Morphology

outclassed = outclass (transparent) = out + class + ed

The adjective derives from the past participle of the verb 'outclass' (out + class) with the regular '-ed' marking, so the formation and meaning are clear.

Etymology

The word outclassed comes from out- meaning 'more than' and class meaning 'a level or rank', as in first-class. So, to be outclassed is to be clearly at a lower level or easily beaten by someone better.