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⚖️ Too much weight 📊 Giving extra importance
overweighting

overweighting

7.0
Giving too much importance to one thing when making a decision
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊvərˈweɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : sobreestimación
  • The report was criticized for its overweighting of financial risks while downplaying social impacts.

Examples

  • The committee expressed concern about the overweighting of certain factors during the decision-making process.

  • To avoid an overweighting of technical skill in the final semester grade, the LSA should count for only one test grade each semester.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Overweighting overweighting in his analysis led to a skewed view of the project's potential success.

Synonyms

overestimation
vsoverweighting
1 5.7

A judgment that something is bigger or more important than it really is

gives it extra importance in calculations or decisions
overemphasis
vsoverweighting
1 6.1

Too much attention to one thing makes people ignore other things

treats it as more important when making decisions or calculations
overrating
vsoverweighting
4.9

An opinion that something is better or worth more than it really is

counts it as more important in a decision or calculation

How Emphasized

overemphasis
1 6.1
overweighting
7.0
weighting
  • Specialized
9 6.8

Surface Forms

overweighting singular
overweightings plural

Morphology

overweighting = overweight (transparent) = over + weight + ing

Derived by standard gerund formation from the verb 'overweight' meaning to assign excessive importance; although figurative, the relation is clear.

Etymology

The word overweighting comes from over- meaning 'too much' and weight meaning 'importance', the same weight in the phrase 'give weight to an idea'. So overweighting means giving one thing too much importance in a decision or calculation.