OVERBALANCE in a Sentence

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1. In a balancing test, the thumb on the scales can overbalance anything.

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 Meanings and Examples of OVERBALANCE
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overbalance
 v.  weigh more heavily; exceed in weight, value, or importance; surpass; throw off balance
Classic Sentence:
1  Yet, for all his hardy sobriety and fortitude, there were certain qualities in him which at times affected, and in some cases seemed well nigh to overbalance all the rest.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
Example Sentence:
1  In a balancing test, the thumb on the scales can overbalance anything.