to overmatch
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7.1
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈmætʃ/
:
superar
- In the final match, the underdog team was clearly overmatched by their opponents with superior skills and experience.
OK, that's kind of ridiculous, but it was a little overmatched by this car.
- OK, that's kind of ridiculous, but it was a little overmatched by this car.
- When I said Radcliffe women matched, if not overmatched Harvard men, they really were at the top end of the distribution.
Examples
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Obviously, I was physically overmatched here to an absurd degree.
Fiction book (2002) -
The 49ers would be very overmatched, even though they showed promise last season.
Blog text (14) -
Only this time, David is overmatched.
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Tip the hat to Lee, because he played a great game against a slightly overmatched team.
Blog text (19) -
To be frank, UAB is pretty much completely overmatched in this game.
Blog text (13) -
In your last battle, the Vassilyev fight, you were clearly overmatched.
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Brandon Roy has not been playing well, and the team seems overmatched in most instances.
Blog text (34) -
My skills are good, Morgan Leah, but I also know when I'm overmatched.
Fiction book (1993) -
As it was, he handed the ball over to an overmatched quarterback with no hope of succeeding.
Blog text (13) -
With no players over 6'8", the Firebirds were completely overmatched on the boards, being outrebounded 41-29.
Blog text (27)
Synonyms
42
4.0
Defeat someone or something completely using greater force
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4.2
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
8
4.6
To be much better than someone or something
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6.4
Do better than someone in skill or performance
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6.1
To do better than someone or something and win
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6.4
To have more weapons, power, or resources than someone
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6.7
Get much farther ahead of other people in a race or competition
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7.0
To hit more targets than another person in a shooting competition
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7.0
Lead and plan for a team better than the other team's leader
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7.9
To beat someone in a fight by using more strength, skill, or effort
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7.2
To beat someone in a fight by being stronger or more skilled
Defeat an opponent easily in a game or contest
Be better than someone or something in a competition
To be better than others in skill or quality
To hit someone more times than another person in a fight
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
To beat someone by using better plans or moves, for example in battle
Antonyms
How Dominant
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3.7
42
4.0
10
7.1
8
4.6
30
4.8
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overmatch joins over 'above' and match 'an equal or contest', so it means to be above or stronger than your opponent. That is why to be overmatched is to be beaten or overwhelmed because the other side is much stronger.